My knowledge of Filipino cinema is admittedly poor. I have heard of the Tony Falcon, Agent 44 series, starring Tony Ferrer, but I have never actually seen one. At least sixteen films featuring Falcon were made (possibly more), from 1965 till 1980. As many these films were little more than imitations of Bond, very little [...]
25Feb11
Napoleon Doble: @ 4DK
6Sep10
The Dead Ringer
The Dead Ringer, Doppelganger, Impostor, Look-a-like, call it what you will is a commonly used device in espionage movies. The most famous stories about dead ringers in popular culture would be The Man In The Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas and The Prisoner Of Zenda by Anthony Hope. While both stories are hardly spy stories, [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged James Bond, Mission: Impossible, The Avengers, The Man From UNCLE, The Prisoner
Tagged James Bond, Mission: Impossible, The Avengers, The Man From UNCLE, The Prisoner
For fans of The Man From UNCLE, I have just received some great new from Wes Britton at Spy Wise. that he has added into his ‘Spies on Television & Radio’ Files, the final The Man From UNCLE novel, The Final Affair, by David McDaniel. Wes, in his introduction says: While a number of writers [...]
22Jan10
The Rainbow Affair
Most of the books published in Australia are the English editions — although some American stuff slips in. Generally though, because we use the same spelling as the English, it will be the English version that is either imported into (or even printed in) Australia. For the series of The Man From UNCLE books, that [...]
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Posted in Books and Comics
Tagged Evil Masterminds, Fu Manchu, Sherlock Holmes, The Avengers, The Man From UNCLE, The Saint
Tagged Evil Masterminds, Fu Manchu, Sherlock Holmes, The Avengers, The Man From UNCLE, The Saint
19Oct09
Man From UNCLE: Bookcovers
I am running behind on getting the usual Monday Morning Movie Review together (or the 3MR as we say in the trade). In the meantime, here are some bookcover scans from the Man From UNCLE series. These may be of interest to American readers as they differ from the ACE Books versions.
15Apr09
The Karate Killers (1967)
AKA: The Five Daughters AffairCountry: United StatesDirector: Barry Shear Starring: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Herbert Lom, Curt Jurgens, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Terry-Thomas, Kim Darby, Diane McBain, Leo G. Carroll, Danielle De Metz Music: Gerald FriedThe Man From UNCLE theme by Jerry Goldsmith There are many reasons why this film could be regarded as the [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema, Television
Tagged Curt Jurgens, David McCallum, Robert Vaughn, Telly Savalas, Terry-Thomas, The Man From UNCLE
Tagged Curt Jurgens, David McCallum, Robert Vaughn, Telly Savalas, Terry-Thomas, The Man From UNCLE
Over the last couple of weeks I have had a bit of fun with a few of my posts. The first was when I reviewed The Man From UNCLE book, The Affair Of The Gunrunner’s Gold. In that review I cheekily claimed that T.H.R.U.S.H. were an Australian organisation, founded on nothing beyond the fact that [...]
Author: Brandon Keith Illustrator: Larry Pelini Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company Published: 1967 On a few occasions, as an Australian I have asked the question, what does my country have to offer the spy community? Obviously we have given the world George Lazenby, Rugged Rod Taylor, Guy Doleman – and more recently Peta Wilson (in the [...]
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Posted in Books and Comics
Tagged Book Review, Children's Book, Spy Fiction, The Man From UNCLE
Tagged Book Review, Children's Book, Spy Fiction, The Man From UNCLE
25Jul08
To Trap A Spy (1965)
Country: United States Director: Don Medford Starring: Robert Vaughn, Luciana Paluzzi, Patricia Crowley, Fritz Weaver, David McCallum, William Marshall, Ivan Dixon, Will Kuluva, Miguel Landa Music: Jerry Goldsmith To Trap A Spy was the first of The Man From UNCLE movies. Like all the UNCLE movies, it was put together from two episodes of the [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged David McCallum, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Vaughn, The Man From UNCLE
Tagged David McCallum, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Vaughn, The Man From UNCLE
5Feb07
The Spy With My Face (1965)
Country: United StatesAKA: The Double AffairDirector: by John NewlandStarring: Robert Vaughn, Senta Berger, David McCallum, Leo G. CarrolMusic: Morton Stevens‘The Man From UNCLE Theme’ by Jerry Goldsmith The Spy With My Face is the second Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie. All the movies in the series were cobbled together from episodes of the television series with [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged David McCallum, Robert Vaughn, Senta Berger, The Man From UNCLE
Tagged David McCallum, Robert Vaughn, Senta Berger, The Man From UNCLE
