Operazione Goldman

Lightning Bolt Italian Operazione Goldman is a ItalianSpanish international coproduction spyfi film shot in Techniscope in 1965 that was directed by Antonio Margheriti in his first entry into the Eurospy genre. The film was cofinanced and released in the US by the Woolner Brothers who retitled it Lightning Bolt with the tagline strikes like a ball of thunder . It was released as a double feature with Red Dragon in 1967 two years after the film had been shot. The films star, Anthony Eisley commented that the film was released too late to take advantage of the James Bond craze.

Sent to Italy by the Woolner Brothers, former Hawaiian Eye actor Anthony Eisley was told by director Antonio Margheriti that he looked too Italian. Margheriti insisted Eisleys dark hair be dyed blonde it came out red. Eisley recalled working on the film in Rome and Lazio where the production designer recreated Florida was one of the most fun experiences that he ever had. Other locations included an actual brewery and an underwater silo was a former Olympic swimming pool in Rome. The production also used a large amount of film footage of the NASA space program.To look like an American made film, director Margheriti was billed as Anthony Dawson whilst Wandisa Guida was billed as Wandisa Leigh. Eisley recalled the original negative of the film was lost and for its American release they had to reassemble the film from various prints that gave it a bad quality. In the American version Eisley provided narration to give the print a more coherent story. One of the characters was given the name Woolner. ........

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