Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "spy spoof"

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The Spy with a Cold Nose ** (1966, Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi, Lionel Jeffries, Eric Sykes, Eric Portman, Colin Blakely, Denholm Elliott, Robert Flemyng, Paul Ford)– Classic Movie Review 12,636

Robert Flemyng plays the chief of MI5 who decides to implant a transmitter microphone in a British dog, which is then presented to the Russian leader (Colin Blakely), in Daniel Petrie’s 1966 comedy film The […]

Sep, 09

Mrs Pollifax-Spy * (1971, Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff, Harold Gould, Albert Paulsen, John Beck, Dana Elcar) – Classic Movie Review 11,572

‘Before she joined the CIA, Mrs Pollifax thought Red China was a set of dishes.’ Director Leslie H Martinson’s 1971 spy comedy Mrs Pollifax-Spy stars Rosalind Russell as the title character, and finds the always […]

Sep, 13

The Nude Bomb ** (1980, Don Adams, Andrea Howard, Sylvia Kristel, Rhonda Fleming, Dana Elcar, Pamela Hensley, Norman Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 10,537

Director Clive Donner’s daffy, campy, bawdy 1980 American spy spoof comedy The Nude Bomb (retitled The Return of Maxwell Smart for television) is based on the TV series Get Smart with the drily amusing Don […]

Nov, 13

Caprice ** (1967, Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston) – Classic Movie Review 9199

Co-writer/ director Frank Tashlin’s 1967 industrial espionage spy spoof comedy thriller Caprice is set in the cosmetics world and stars Doris Day as top industrial designer businesswoman Patricia Foster, who, with the help of suave […]

Dec, 29

S*P*Y*S * (1974, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Zouzou, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Griffith, Vladek Sheybal) – Classic Movie Review 8622

  Director Irwin Kershner’s 1974 S*P*Y*S is a fumbled spy comedy thriller, with the stars of MASH (or M*A*S*H) all at sea and totally wasted. Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland play CIA agents in Paris, […]

Jun, 21

The Ambushers ** (1967, Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule, Beverly Adams) – Classic Movie Review 6375

Director Henry Levin’s 1967 movie is the third of the four Matt Helm spy spoof films, following the hits The Silencers and Murderers’ Row (1966). Only one man – Dean Martin’s fondly remembered Sixties top-secret […]

Dec, 08

The Silencers *** (1966, Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Victor Buono, Daliah Lavi, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Kovack) – Classic Movie Review 5015

The campy, infectiously amusing 1966 spy spoof thriller film The Silencers is the first of four action capers for Dean Martin’s incredibly popular Sixties secret agent Matt Helm. Stella Stevens is a formidable co-star as agent […]

Feb, 08

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