Bons Baisers de Hong Kong


Bons Baisers de Hong Kong is a 1975 French spy comedy film directed by Yvan Chiffre.
It is a parody and spin-off of the James Bond film series starring Les Charlots, with Mickey Rooney portraying the antagonist. Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell make cameos in their roles as M and Miss Moneypenny. Part of the picture was filmed at the Shaw Brothers studios in Hong Kong. Besides the James Bond series, the film also parodies Hong Kong martial arts films.

Plot

James Bond is shot and killed in a parody of the James Bond gun barrel sequence. Queen Elizabeth II is then kidnapped by a wealthy American megalomaniac. Since their best agent is dead, the British secret services ask for help from their French counterparts, the SDECE. The Les Charlots group are tasked with hiding the queen's disappearance while the investigation continues to Spain, then to Hong Kong. In the meantime, a parisian concierge, who is a dead ringer for Elizabeth II, impersonates the Queen in public.