Director: Ian ToyntonStarring: Simon Dutton, David Ryall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Jennifer Landor, Joseph Long, Niall Padden, Danny Webb. Frédérique CharbonneauMusic: Serge FranklinBased on characters created by Leslie Charteris The Brazilian Connection is another of The Saint TV movies, featuring Simon Dutton as Leslie Charteris’ character, Simon Templar. This isn’t really a spy film, but The Saint [...]
14Dec07
The Brazillian Connection (1989)
10Dec07
The Software Murders (1989)
Director: Henry HerbertStarring: Simon Dutton, Shane Rimmer, David Ryall, Dinsdale Landen, Malcolm Stoddard, Pamela Sue MartinMusic: Serge FranklinBased on characters created by Leslie Charteris With the recent news that James Purefoy is going to be the next Saint, I thought it was time to revisit a few older adventures. In 1989, The Saint was revived [...]
8Dec07
Charlie Muffin (1979)
Director: Jack GoldStarring: David Hemmings, Ralph Richardson, Sam Wanamaker, Pinkas Braun, Ian Richardson, Shane Rimmer, Jennie Linden, Clive RevillMusic: Christopher GunningBased on a novel by Brian Freemantle Charlie Muffin is a film out of time. It could be considered a late entry into the ‘hard bastard’ cycle of spy films of the 1970’s, but it [...]
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Tagged Brian Freemantle, Charlie Muffin, Clive Revill, David Hemmings
Tagged Brian Freemantle, Charlie Muffin, Clive Revill, David Hemmings
Director: Steve Previn Starring: Ronald Howard, H. Marion Crawford, Archie Duncan, Martine Alexis, Sacha Pitoeff Music: Paul Durand The Case Of The Eiffel Tower is an episode of Sheldon Reynolds Sherlock Holmes TV series from the 1950’s but the plot for this one is heavily espionage based, so I thought I drop it in here [...]
6Dec07
Double Agent (1987)
Directed by Mike Vejar Michael McKean, John Putch, Susan Walden, Christopher Burton, Judith Jones, Lloyd Bochner, Alexa Hamilton Music by Alf Clausen Double Agent was a Disney Television movie, and while it is enjoyable in it’s way, it doesn’t really bring anything new to the table. The film starts with confident, cool secret agent Jason [...]
24Nov07
Bullet To Beijing (1995)
AKA: Len Deighton’s Bullet To Beijing Director: George Mihalka Starring: Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Mia Sara, Michael Gambon, Patrick Allen, Burt Kwouk, Sue Lloyd (voice only), Music: Rick Wakeman Based on characters created by Len Deighton Bullet To Beijing may be passable entertainment for those who have fond memories of the Harry Palmer films from [...]
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Tagged Burt Kwouk, Harry Palmer, Len Deighton, Michael Caine
Tagged Burt Kwouk, Harry Palmer, Len Deighton, Michael Caine
I have a confession to make. I have a really poor memory. It is because of this that I can watch so many spy films over and over again. They always seem fresh and new to me. When I am watching the same old plot – you know the one, where a scientist is kidnapped, [...]
16Feb07
Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1998)
Director by Osamu Deszaki Music by Fujimaru Yoshino Golgo 13: Queen Bee is a belated sequel to the very popular animé feature The Profssional: Golgo 13. But time hasn’t seemed to dim Duke Togo’s appeal. In fact, I was happy to welcome back an old friend. And all the elements that made the first film [...]
Country: Japan Chief Director: Osamu Deszaki Animation Director: Akio Sugino Music: Toshiyuki Omori Based on characters created by Takao Saito Gogol 13, and his alter ego Duke Togo are popular characters in Japan. He began his life as a comic strip written and illustrated by Takao Saito. But the pages of a comic were not [...]
29Jan07
Roger Explosion (1994-96)
Here’s a quick one. More of a reminiscence, than a review. In Australia we had a comedy sketch show, called Full Frontal (1994-1996) that had a reoccurring skit called Roger Explosion, which was a take off on sixties spy shows. Comedian Shaun Micallef played the the eternally well dressed and manicured (and wooden) super spy [...]
