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3 unusual facts about No. 1 of the Secret Service


No. 1 of the Secret Service

The sequel was not released until 1979 under the title Licensed to Love and Kill with Gareth Hunt replacing Nicky Henson who had signed with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Simon Bell wrote and performed the theme song Givin' It Plenty that was also used in the first sequel Licensed to Love and Kill and reused in Tintorera.

The international success of the film led to producer Ward and Tom Adams reprising Charles Vine in two sequels; Where the Bullets Fly (1966) directed by John Gilling and presented by Levine and the 1967 made in Spain film Somebody’s Stolen Our Russian Spy/O.K. Yevtushenko that languished in a vault until a release in the mid 1970s.


Sue Lloyd

She also appeared with several other stars in the 1976 Lindsay Shonteff imitation James Bond film No. 1 of the Secret Service.


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