Nov 28, 2016 the first film, 1966 s the silencers was quite a joyful revisit. The silencers is a film directed by phil karlson with dean martin, stella stevens, cyd charisse, victor buono, year. Quentin tarantino presente matt helm regle son compte the wrecking crew. Silencers, the internet movie firearms database guns in. Allen unsuccessfully tried to resurrect the character as a tv movie, matt helm. The silencers, american spy film, released in 1966, that was the first and arguably best of the matt helm movies, which were based on the spy novels of donald hamilton and starred dean martin. The movie features sexy innuendos, scantily clad women and spy. By comparison, the silencers feels a little more slight, with inordinate focus on hot dames, corny yuks and dino singing silly song parodies. The silencers is the first and best of the bunchbut at that, its barely a movie. In this, the first matt helm movie, we see matt helm dean martin coaxed out of semiretirement by an attractive expartner. Fleeing an acapulco nightclub assassination, matt helm dean martin and tina daliah lavi hustle back to the hotel to interrogate gail stella stevens who turns out to be wearing a tearaway dress, in the silencers, 1966. A fifth was being planned but dean martin felt he had done enough.
The silencers 1966 with dean martin classic film freak. Matt helm the murderers row 1966 full movie dailymotion. Late in the film, matt helm professes he would rather fight than switch. American film, television, and stage actress stella stevens began her acting care. Elmer bernstein the silencers soundtrack 1966, vinyl. Allen unsuccessfully tried to resurrect the character as a tv movie, matt helm 1975. The sequels to the silencers 1966 were murderers row 1966, the ambushers 1967, and the wrecking crew 1968. Vocalion presents the premiere cd reissue of elmer bernsteins jazzy and dramatic score for 1966s the silencers starring dean martin, a playful pastiche of the james bondspy genre remastered. When a stunt double performs athletic moves in the action scenes, you rub your eyes at the impossibility of martin moving that quickly.
Our man matt is a semiretired agent of ice intelligence and counterespionage living in a playboy mansionstyle pad, and working as a globetrotting photographer. The silencers opens with our semiretired hero, played by dean martin, enjoying himself in the swankiness of his 1966 bachelor dive, which is full of all of the latest gadgets. It can even tilt to dump its occupants in as well for a nice touch. The silencers is the best of the matt helm series in that it plays itself moderately in the direction of being a james bond film.
Sexy secret agent man helm must save the american atomic missile system from sabotage by big o, the organization headed by tungtze buono. Cyd charisse, daliah lavi, stella stevens, dean martin. It is loosely based upon the novel the silencers by donald hamilton, as well as another of hamiltons helm novels, death of a citizen. Dean martin appears as the suave and charming american spy matt helm. The silencers 1966 murderers row 1966 the ambushers 1967 the wrecking crew 1969 a fifth film was planned, based upon the novel the ravagers, but martin declined the opportunity to play the role once more, even though the title of the film was announced at the end of wrecking crew. If you are over 18 years old, you can turn off restricted mode for showing mature video content. Apr 27, 2014 matt helm the silencers 1966 full movie. Released 1966, the silencers stars deanmartin, stellastevens, daliahlavi, victorbuono the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. The silencers, american spy film, released in 1966, that was the first and arguably best of the matt helm movies, which were based on the spy novels of donald. Ethans rating of the film the silencers ethan an entertaining sixties spy flick with the charisma and charm of the badass dean martin and several scantily clad women including the beautiful stella stevens make this film worth watching.
Murderers row also 1966, mike myers favorite entry in the series the ambushers 1967 and the wrecking crew 1968. In this, the first matt helm movie, we see matt helm coaxed out of semiretirement by an attractive expartner. It seems that the evil big o organization has a nefarious plan called operation. Released 1966, the silencers stars deanmartin, stellastevens, daliahlavi, victorbuono the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a score of. With dean martin, stella stevens, daliah lavi, victor buono. Murderers row, the ambushers and the wrecking crew. The silencers 1966 aficatalog american film institute. The silencers, american spy film, released in 1966, that was the first and arguably best of the matt helm movies, which were based on the spy novels of donald hamilton and starred dean martin former secret agent matt helm played by martin is working as a worldfamous glamour photographer when he is lured back to temporary service in the intelligence agency i. Even though i own the entire matt helm box set, id only seen the wrecking crew the fourth film prior to this. The silencers 1966 tvpg 1h 42min action, adventure, comedy 16 march 1966 usa retired agent matt helm is reactivated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the usa and starting wwiii. Stella stevens, daliah lavi, victor buono and cyd charisse also star in the movie. Costarring with martin are stella stevens, daliah lavi, james gregory and victor buono. Annmargret and karl malden costar in this sequel to the silencers. The movie features sexy innuendos, scantily clad women and spy cliches.
The silencers 1966 murderers row 1966 the ambushers 1967 the wrecking crew 1969 a fifth film was planned, based upon the novel the ravagers, but martin declined the opportunity to play the role once more, even though the title of the film was announced at. Elmer bernstein the silencers 1966 film soundtrack. In the silencers, helm must stop an evil organization, big o the bureau for international government and order, from blowing up the united states nuclear arsenal and irradiating half the country. The 9 feb 1965 dv announced a 20 apr 1965 start for the first in a series of films based on the matt helm novels by donald hamilton. The silencers 1966 is a quintessential 1960s spy spoof, directed by. Mississippi, american film, television, and stage actress stella stevens began her acting care. At the end of the the silencers 1966, a weak spy film in the james bond mold, star dean martin is surrounded by beautiful women on his hightech disc of a bed as a title informs us that dinos character, matt helm, will be back in murderers row also 1966. The silencers 1966 trivia 16 add new although one of the greatest female dancers in the history of the movie musical, cyd charisse singing in films was almost always dubbed. Dino is first seen reclining in his automated bed, and he hardly wakes up for the remainder of the picture.
Stella stevens, zany companion of matt helm in irving allens the silencers, a columbia release in color starring dean martin as matt helm, miss stevens and daliah lavi. Silencers, the internet movie firearms database guns. The hills run red 1966 spookies 1986 five miles to midnight 1962 man at the top 1973 come back to the 5 and dime, jimmy dean, jimmy dean 1982 a delicate balance 1973 b. Rather that title goes to the matt helm series of films which feature dean martin. Theres also a really weirdly paced sense of comic timing here, as. It was the first of four james bond spoof films from 19661969, including murderers row 1966, the ambushers 1967, and the wrecking crew 1969. Stella stevens in the silencers 1966 with images stella. Former secret agent matt helm played by martin is working as a worldfamous glamour photographer when he. Sep 04, 2016 first up was 1966s the silencers, chock full of gadgets, karate chops, and beautiful babes, with sexual innuendoes by the truckload. Fleeing an acapulco nightclub assassination, matt helm dean martin and tina daliah lavi hustle back to the hotel to interrogate gail stella stevens who turns out to be wearing a tearaway dress, in the silencers, 1966 view the tcmdb entry for the silencers. Rompy spy spoof is the first of martins matt helm films, made to take advantage of the james bond craze. Murderers row is a 1966 american comedy spyfi film starring dean martin as matt helm. In the subsequent films, the series blew up the male fantasy element and double entendres, while dean martin overplayed to the point of making the films excruciatingly unwatchable.
Goodbye charlie 1964 tony curtis, debbie reynolds, pat boone full length comedy fantasy movie duration. Retired agent matt helm is reactivated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the usa and starting wwiii. Cyd charisses singing was almost always dubbed on film, in this case by a young vikki carr. First up was 1966s the silencers, chock full of gadgets, karate chops, and beautiful babes, with sexual innuendoes by the truckload.
International man of mystery was the first spy film spoof ever made. The first of the four film series is 1966s the silencers jan 5, 2014 austin powers wasnt the first or even the best parody of the james bond films. Perhaps as a silent film this matt helm film would have been more entertaining. The silencers 1966 stream and watch online moviefone. Retired agent matt helm is reactivated to prevent an evil organisation from exploding an atom bomb over the usa and triggering another world war. Pdf matt helm the removers matt helm novels read online. Its a period piece, a send up of 007 films but early bond films were always satiric so this is a joke piled on. This is the silencers, columbia pictures 1966 spy spoof featuring sexy secret agent matt helm dean martin and a whole lot of jetsetfabulousness. That would be wrong, and those readers would be 20 years young or less. Matt helm the silencers 1966 full movie by ursula strauss watch more movies free online. Spoilers 1 although one of the greatest female dancers in the history of the movie musical, cyd charisse singing in films was almost always dubbed.
The silencers is an american pathecolor spy film spoof motion picture released in 1966 and starring dean martin as agent matt helm. Vocalion presents the premiere cd reissue of elmer bernsteins jazzy and dramatic score for 1966s the silencers starring dean martin, a playful pastiche of the james bondspy genre. The silencers was the first of four movies starring dean martin as agent matt helm. The first film in the matt helm spy spoof series, starring dean martin. When broccolis instincts proved correct, allen attempted to create his own spy franchise with the helm character. Broccoli in the british film production company warwick films, their alliance ironically disintegrating over the merits of creating a bond series. Martin can only look straight into the camera and, without a trace of irony, say oh, my god. Allen unsuccessfully tried to resurrect the character as a. The silencers was the first in a line of spy films starring the legendary dean martin, but it will probably be enjoyed more by fans of old dino than by fans of the. The silencers is a 1966 spy comedy directed by phil karlson and stars dean martin as matt helm, a former superspy who comes out of retirement to foil a plot by an evil organization to incite a nuclear war. It is the second of four films in the matt helm series, and is very loosely based upon the spy novel murderers row by donald hamilton, which was published in 1962. Oddly, the last of these films wasnt as good as the others. Ill leave the film trivia to wikipedia and imdb although i will say, as a point of interest. The silencers film sonicwbii wiki fandom powered by.
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