THE SILENCERS (1966)

[Xenorama ™]

Dean Martin ... Matt Helm
Stella Stevens ... Gail
Daliah Lavi ... Tina
Victor Buono ... Tung-Tze
Arthur O'Connell ... Joe Wigman
Robert Webber ... Sam Gunther
James Gregory ... MacDonald
Nancy Kovack ... Barbara
Roger C. Carmel ... Andreyev
Cyd Charisse ... Sarita
Beverly Adams ... Lovey Kravezit
Richard Devon ... Domino
David Bond ... Dr. Naldi
John Reach ... Traynor
Robert Phillips ... 1st Armed Man
John Willis ... M.C.
Frank Gerstle ... Frazer
Grant Woods ... Radio Man
Patrick Waltz ... Hotel Clerk
Todd Armstrong ... Guard (uncredited)
Barbara Burgess ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Vikki Carr ... Cyd Charisse's Singing Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Amadee Chabot ... Girl (uncredited)
Carol Cole ... Waitress (uncredited)
Myron Cook ... Guard (uncredited)
Bill Couch ... Armed Man (uncredited)
John Daheim ... Student Guard (uncredited)
Dirk Evans ... Armed Man (uncredited)
Robert Glenn ... FBI Agent (uncredited)
Sol Gorss ... Pilot (uncredited)
Joe Gray ... (uncredited)
Frank Hagney ... Drunk (uncredited)
Pat Hawley ... Eddie the Bartender (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks ... Armed Man (uncredited)
Harry Holcombe ... Agent 'X' (uncredited)
Susan Holloway ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Thomas Horton ... Hunter (uncredited)
Ted Jordan ... Man (uncredited)
Art Koulias ... Engineer (uncredited)
Gary Lasdun ... Armed Man (uncredited)
Anna Lavele ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Grace Lee ... Oriental Girl (uncredited)
Karen Lee ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh ... Man (uncredited)
Victoria Lockwood ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Gay MacGill ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Mary Jane Mangler ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Gigi Michel ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery ... Agent 'C' (uncredited)
Inga Neilsen ... Statue (uncredited)
Margie Nelson ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Scott Perry ... Guard (uncredited)
Pat Renella ... Man (uncredited)
Bruce Ritchey ... Hunter (uncredited)
Pamela Rodgers ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... Guard (uncredited)
Thomas A. Sweet ... Guard (uncredited)
Margaret Teele ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Rita Thiel ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Larri Thomas ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Glenn Thompson ... Student Guard (uncredited)
Marilyn Tindall ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Richard Tretter ... Guard (uncredited)
Vincent Van Lynn ... Agent 'Z' (uncredited)
Robert Ward ... Man (uncredited)
Jan Watson ... Slaymate (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson ... Farmer (uncredited)

now this is one fun movie. i've never seen any of the Matt Helm movies, so it was brand new. i may even like it more than the Flint movies! i mean, where else can you see KING TUT and Harcourt Fenton Mudd/Col. Gumm in the same movie?

i have the box set on my wish list, but i've read the movies are tv edits, which is kind of annoying.

[Shonokin]

The Matt Helm movies used to come on pretty consistently through the 70s on one of our local TV stations. I always liked em. But I haven't seen one since the 70s so I don't really remember much about them now outside of a general feeling of "cooool".

[Hakaida]

I bought the "Matt Helm Lounge" boxed set with all 4 MH films a year or so ago. I barely remembered seeing one or two of the films on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon (back when the local TV stations actually showed movies during the afternoons instead of a non-stop barrage of infomercial garbage).

They are pretty cool films. They get surprisingly rotten reviews in Leonard Maltin's book, but they are innocent, harmless fun. A wonderful time trip to the heart of the swingin' 60's in a way the smug Austin Powers movies only wish they could be. Some of the gadgets are really quite ingenious and every bit worthy of a 'serious' James Bond film. (I personally love the time delay gun and the gun that shoots backwards or forwards, plus the way-cool Lincoln Continental with brakelights that double as a scrolling LED message board!)

In the credits at the end of the 4th movie it announces that Matt will return for a 5th film, but it never happened. Yet as I recall, the movies did well enough to spin off a short-lived TV show.

Dino was the coolest agent ever.

[Xenorama ™]

i liked this movie well enough i think i would enjoy the others, so i'll probably pick up the pack soon as well.