Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá Starring: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Sendhil Ramamurthyy, Anne Dudek, Peter Gallagher, Steven Brand, Rya Kihlstedt Music: Christopher Tyng Walter’s Walk is the second episode in the Covert Affairs television series, and the first to feature a Led Zepplin song title as the episode title. This episode begins with a [...]
28Jul10
Covert Affairs: Pilot (2010)
Director: Tim Matheson Starring: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Eric Lively, Anne Dudek, Peter Gallagher, George Tchortov, Eion Bailey, Emmanuelle Vaugier Music: Christopher Tyng Covert Affairs is the latest spy series to go to air, and the general consensus appears to be that the show is extremely enjoyable. But already quite a few people [...]
Country: United States Director: Don Lusk, Paul Sommer Voices: Will Estes, Don Messick, Granville Van Dusen, Jeffrey Tambor, Rob Paulsen, Meredith McCrae, Jo Beth Williams Music: John Debney The animated series and character Jonny Quest have been brought to the televison screen on numerous occasions. First was in the mid sixties, where Tim Matheson provided [...]
20May10
Matt Helm: Pilot (1975)
Release Year: (1975) Country: United States Director: Buzz Kulik Starring: Anthony Franciosa, Anne Turkel, John Vernon, Patrick Macnee Music: Jerry Fielding Based on characters created by Donald Hamilton I had heard a lot about this Matt Helm series – most of it was bad. The biggest complaint seemed to be that Matt Helm was no [...]
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Posted in Television
Tagged Matt Helm, Patrick Macnee, Television Series, Tony Franciosa
Tagged Matt Helm, Patrick Macnee, Television Series, Tony Franciosa
13May10
Modesty Blaise: Pilot (1979)
Release Year: (1979 or 1982) Country: United States Director: Reza Badiyl Starring: Anne Turkel, Lewis Van Bergen, Keene Curtis, Sarah Rush, Professor Toru Tanaka Music: Kevin Knelman Based on characters created by Peter O’Donnell Most visitors to this site probably have an image in their mind of what Modesty Blaise looks like. For some, it [...]
5May10
Arsène Lupin (2004)
Country: France Director: Jean-Paul Salomé Starring: Romain Duris, Eva Green, Kristin Scott Thomas, Marie Bunel, Nicky Naude, Pascal Greggory Music: Debbie Wiseman Continuing the tradition of looking at some of the cinematic and literary characters who have provided the template for modern spy stories, today we look at Arsène Lupin. Lupin could be considered the [...]
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Posted in Books and Comics, Film and Cinema, Television
Tagged Arsene Lupin, Evil Masterminds
Tagged Arsene Lupin, Evil Masterminds
Country: United States Director: Paul Stanley Starring: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Paul Stevens, Vincent Gardenia, Nick Colasanta, Paul Lambert, Vic Perrin, Joan Staley, Stuart Nisbet, Robert Phillips, Eduardo Cianelli Mission Impossible Theme: Lalo Schifrin Music: Jerry Fielding The poster above is a bit of a jib. It is a [...]
Here’s a little piece I wrote earlier this year for Wes Britton’s Spywise website, where he invited spy fans from all around the world to look back at the most influential spy films, television shows and books of the first decade of the 21st Century. Due to the format the final piece took, this article [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema, Television
Tagged Daniel Craig, George Clooney, Jack Ryan, James Bond, Matt Damon, Robert Ludlum, Television Series, Tom Clancy, Tony Scott
Tagged Daniel Craig, George Clooney, Jack Ryan, James Bond, Matt Damon, Robert Ludlum, Television Series, Tom Clancy, Tony Scott
Flash Gordon Television Series – Race Against Time Country: United States Director: Gunther V. Fritsch Starring: Steve Holland, Joe Nash, Irene Champlain Music: Roger Roger Theme: Kurt Heuser Based on characters by Alex Raymond In the year 3063, after years of interplanetary war, the planets are now a ‘Galaxy of Peace’ thanks to the Galactic [...]
Flash Gordon Television Series – Deadline At Noon Country: United States Director: Gunther V. Fritsch Starring: Steve Holland, Joe Nash, Irene Champlain Music: Roger Roger Theme: Kurt Heuser Based on characters by Alex Raymond Deadline At Noon is one of the episodes of the Flash Gordon television series that screened in the mid 1950’s. The [...]
