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Eurospy

noun
/ˈjʊə.ɹəʊ.spaɪ/UK

Etymology

From Euro- + spy. Most Eurospy films were produced in continental Europe, especially Italy.

  1. derived from *speḱ-✻
  2. derived from *spehōną✻
  3. derived from *spehōn✻
  4. derived from espier
  5. inherited from spien
  6. formed as eurospy — “Euro- + spy”

Definitions

  1. A genre of comedic spy film inspired by James Bond and popular in the 1960s, typically…

    A genre of comedic spy film inspired by James Bond and popular in the 1960s, typically about dapper womanizing secret agents in exotic locales.

    • His vernacular film framework that he applied to understanding giallos is easily applied to any Italian filone and is extremely fitting for the Italian Eurospies.
    • Russell is most famous in genre circles for his European output in the 1960s, including Antonio Margheriti's Wild, Wild Planet and War of the Planets and the Eurospy adventures Secret of the Sphinx and Target Gold-seven.

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