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Directed by | Sergio Grieco |
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Music by | Piero Umiliani |
Cinematography | Tino Santoni |
Edited by | Renato Cinquini |
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Country | Italy |
Argoman the Fantastic Superman (Italian: Come rubare la corona d'Inghilterra) is a 1967 Italian superhero-Eurospy film directed by Sergio Grieco.
In China soldiers have prepared to shoot Argoman, but he hypnotized them and they killed each other. Argoman then landed in USSR where he get his assignment. His hirers thought Chinese would kill him after he accomplishes destroying nuclear weapon mission, then there would be no need to pay him. Instead of ordinary paying Argoman took as a souvenir a jeweled box. Usually after mission he took souvenirs and among others values he has original Mona Lisa in his collection.
Scotland Yard inspector Lawrence arrives to the Tower and investigates theft of the Royal Crown. Sir Reginald Hoover (Argoman) trains to hold his breath under water in a pool and his servant Chandra tell him the result is 33 minutes 9 seconds. Then Sir Reginald is going to invite one of his girlfriends for rendezvous and picks English Samantha. Suddenly he hears a hovercraft nearing the shore. Sir Reginald uses his telekinetic powers to get hovercraft on the shore. From the hovercraft comes out a girl. She says her name is Regina. Sir Reginald invites her to spend time with him. Chandra is worried, because after intimate contact with woman Argoman losing his powers for six hours.
Inspector Lawrence comes to Sir Reginald and tells the Crown was returned with note from Jenabell, Queen of the World (Regina del Mondo or Queen Sullivan). She demands "Muradoff A IV". On the photographs of Tower visitors Sir Reginald recognizes Regina. Sir Reginald goes to Paris to find the criminal. Inspector Lawrence arrives at French Ministry of Technology and finds out that "Muradoff A IV" is a big gem with property of reflecting any sort of light and destroying molecular cohesion, rendering any material pliable. Police thinks Jenabell wants the gem for dividing and using on international market to crush currencies. Sir Reginald uses a ring with Geiger counter to find Jenabell, because she has smoked his special radioactive cigarettes. Jenabell and her men robs a bank. While they loading money into the car Sir Reginald hides among crates and then Argoman defeats robbers.