For Y'ur Height Only (1981)

Director:

Eddie Nicart

Writer:

Cora Caballes (story)

Release Date:

1981 (Philippines)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Bigger than Goldfinger's Finger - Bigger Than Thunderball's (. . . . . . .)

Plot:

Mr. Giant has kidnapped the brilliant Dr. Van Kohler and is planning to use the Doctor's invention, the N-bomb...

Plot Keywords:

Agent | Martial Arts | Spying | Organized Crime | Part Of Trilogy

Cast

Weng Weng	...	Agent 00
Yehlen Catral	...	Lola
Carmi Martin	...	Marilyn
Anna Marie Gutierrez	...	Anna
Beth Sandoval	...	Irma
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Max Alvarado	...	Columbus (uncredited)
Mike Cohen	...	Prof. Kohler (uncredited)
Tony Ferrer	...	Chief (uncredited)
Jim Gaines	...	(uncredited) (voice: English version)
Rodolfo 'Boy' Garcia	...	Mr. Kaiser (uncredited)
Romy Nario	...	Cobra (uncredited)
Ruben Ramos	...	Jack (uncredited)

Directed by
Eddie Nicart

Writing credits
Cora Caballes		(story and screenplay) (as Cora Ridon Caballes)

Produced by
Peter M. Caballes	....	executive producer
Dick Randall	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by
Val Dauz		(as Bhal Dauz)

Film Editing by
Edgardo Vinarao		(uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mando Pangilinan	....	assistant director

Stunts
Mando Pangilinan	....	fight instructor
Eddie Nicart	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Liliw Films International (as Liliw Productions)

Distributors

• Umbrella Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Filmways Home Video (????) (Australia) (VHS)
• HQV Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Mondo Macabro (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Simitar Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (TV)

Also Known As:

"Agent 003 1/2 in geheimer Mission" - West Germany
"Bruce Linito Agente 003 y 1/2" - Spain (imdb display title)
"Dead Mission - Tödliche Mission" - West Germany (video title)
"Erittäin lyhyt" - Finland

Country:

Philippines

Language:

Tagalog

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

Liliw Films International

Quotes:

Lola:They said they'd peddle my pretty bod as a prostitute.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)

Soundtrack:

Nilikha Ba Ako Upang Masaktan

Midget 00 Goodness

For Your Height Only is an interesting and fun movie, especially for the Bond lovers among us.

The story centres around Secret Agent 00, a 'vertically challenged' agent who works for the Intelligence in the Philipines, where he has to find and infiltrate Mr Giant, a nasty evil syndicate leader who does rather bad things.

If you can't already tell by the plot, this movie is almost a direct ripoff of the James Bond movies, but it's a good ripoff. The idea that the main character is a midget is a good one, as he can sneak around and avoid bullets more easily then a normal man can. The music seems to be almost directly ripped from the Bond movies as well. The normal shenanigans which occur in the Bond movies also occur here, especially with many ladies helping 00 in his mission, and an assortment of gadgets handed out by 00's boss, like X-Ray glasses, which he tests on the secretaries outside of his boss' office.

Speaking of humour, there was quite a bit of it in this movie, both intentional, like shooting a bad guy on a waterslide, and unintentional, like hilarious things that 00's boss says near the start of the movie. The movie is dubbed, but that rarely gets in the way.

Overall, this was enjoyable, well paced (only 86 minutes long), and action packed.

7/10