The film was released at the height of the james bond phenomena and its success spawned three sequels. Out of all the james bondinspired spy spoofs made in the swingin 60s, one of the most popular was dean martins matt helm series. It launches the film with clever opening credits which peek under a bevy of. We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The silencers 1966 is the first one of them directed by phil karlson.
Amazingly, the lackluster helm film would spawn three sequels of its own. The silencers is the first and best of the bunchbut at that, its barely a movie. Murderers row, the ambushers and the wrecking crew. 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. Elmer bernstein the silencers 1966 film soundtrack cd. Please share, subscribe and hit that like button to see more of my videos. Cyd charisses singing was almost always dubbed on film, in this case by a young vikki carr.
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. Helm now in phoenix, probing a scheme to sabotage a nuclear test, agent matt helm dean martin, in his debut in the spycomedy series meets stella stevens as clumsy gail, his colleague tina daliah lavi arriving, robert. Stella stevens, daliah lavi, victor buono and cyd charisse also star in the movie. March 17, 1966 as another inevitable parody of james bond, spies, sex and popular tunes, the silencers, which crashed into the sutton and victoria theaters yesterday, never lives up to its title, but it is loud, fast, obvious and occasionally funny. When broccolis instincts proved correct, allen attempted to create his own spy franchise with the helm character. He read a copy of one of the matt helm novels at an airport, saying it was the silencers or the death of a citizen, i forget which, and within 24 hours had the rights bought and sold to columbia pictures to make a series of films. The silencers was the first of four movies starring dean martin as agent 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 silencers 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. Allen unsuccessfully tried to resurrect the character as a tv movie, matt helm. The silencers is a low budget action scifi thriller produced by the pm entertainment group and if you know their films you already know that almost every scene is a set up for either a major gunfight, a high speed chase or a lot of very big explosions, with that said the silencers delivers on everything. The first film, 1966s the silencers was quite a joyful revisit. Buy the silencers movie posters from movie poster shop. The silencers 1966 is a quintessential 1960s spy spoof, directed by phil karlson. Culdesac, directed by roman polanski, united kingdom 1966 film releases. Allen unsuccessfully tried to resurrect the character as a tv movie, matt helm 1975. The movie version was released in 1966 and starred dean martin as helm.
The silencers, starring dean martin, stella stevens, daliah lavi, cyd charisse. Nov 28, 2016 the first film, 1966 s the silencers was quite a joyful revisit. The first film, 1966 s the silencers was quite a joyful revisit. Dino is first seen reclining in his automated bed, and he hardly wakes up for the remainder of the picture. 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.
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. My favorite part of this tongueincheek espionage flick, is when dean martin, convinced that stella stevens has the micro film tape on her, completely rips her dress off of her, leaving the sexy stevens standing there in her bra, garteredpanties, nylons and highheels. Oct 23, 20 the opening credits of columbia pictures 1966 film the silencers. 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. 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 1966. 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. Jun 24, 2009 the silencers 1966 is a quintessential 1960s spy spoof, directed by phil karlson. The title credits come with two tasty striptease numbers and a songanddance by cyd charisse. 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 has the distinction of being the first matt helm novel adapted as a film. The first film in the matt helm spy spoof series, starring dean martin. The silencers is a film directed by phil karlson with dean martin, stella stevens, cyd charisse, victor buono, year.
When a stunt double performs athletic moves in the action scenes, you rub your eyes at the impossibility of martin moving that quickly. My favorite part of this tongueincheek espionage flick, is when dean martin, convinced that stella stevens has the microfilm tape on her, completely rips her dress off of her, leaving the sexy stevens standing there in her bra, garteredpanties, nylons and highheels. Dean martin and shapely company arrive in the silencers published. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years. The silencers is an american pathecolor spy film spoof motion picture released in 1966 and starring dean martin as agent matt helm. The silencers 1966 aficatalog american film institute. The silencers film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The sequels to the silencers 1966 were murderers row 1966, the ambushers 1967, and the wrecking crew 1968. It is loosely based upon the novel the silencers by donald hamilton, as well as another of hamiltons helm novels, death of a citizen. Murderers row is a 1966 american comedy spyfi film starring dean martin as matt helm. Dean croons, the ladies are numerous and gorgeous, the sets scream sixties.
Silencers, the internet movie firearms database guns in. Sep 04, 2016 out of all the james bondinspired spy spoofs made in the swingin 60s, one of the most popular was dean martins matt helm series. The silencers film sonicwbii wiki fandom powered by wikia. 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. Silencers, the internet movie firearms database guns. It seems that the evil big o organization has a nefarious plan called operation. Helm now in phoenix, probing a scheme to sabotage a nuclear test, agent matt helm dean martin, in his debut in the spycomedy series meets stella stevens as clumsy gail, his colleague tina daliah lavi arriving, robert webber on the poolside keyboard, in the silencers, 1966. Pdf matt helm the removers matt helm novels read online. Oddly enough, shooting for the silencers finished on september 9, 1965, the same day that the dean martin show premiered on tv. Former secret agent matt helm played by martin is working as a worldfamous glamour photographer when he. 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 from the original stereo. International man of mystery was the first spy film spoof ever made. It is the first and best of four colourful matt helm features, with debonair rat pack member dean martin.
If you are over 18 years old, you can turn off restricted mode for showing mature video content. The movie features sexy innuendos, scantily clad women and spy cliches. The silencers is an american spy film spoof motion picture released in 1966 and starring dean martin as agent matt helm. The silencers is a fun, actionromp, celebrating the swinging sixties and. That this uploader has not lied, it is not fake, did not use a false thumbnail and that at no point was it suggested that this is the 1966 film. Although one of the greatest female dancers in the history of the movie musical, cyd charisse singing in films was almost always dubbed. Costarring with martin are stella stevens, daliah lavi, james gregory and victor buono. The silencers 1966 stream and watch online moviefone.
Ill leave the film trivia to wikipedia and imdb although i will say, as a point of interest. That would be wrong, and those readers would be 20 years young or less. 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. Apr 27, 2014 watch matt helm the murderers row 1966 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. The silencers full movie 1966 lets join, fullhd moviesseasonepisode here. This is the silencers, columbia pictures 1966 spy spoof featuring sexy secret agent matt helm dean martin and a whole lot of jetsetfabulousness. Dean martin appears as the suave and charming american spy matt helm.
Even though i own the entire matt helm box set, id only seen the wrecking crew the fourth film prior to this. Rather than follow hamiltons storyline, the filmmakers took elements of the plot, combined it with elements of the first helm book, death of a citizen, and cast the story in a comedic vein, spoofing the james bond film franchise. Elmer bernstein the silencers 1966 film soundtrack. This movie clearly helped inspire mike myers in creating austin powers and many of the other characters in those movies, more so than the james bond films. The opening credits of columbia pictures 1966 film the silencers. The film does two brilliant things which take its visual appeal to dizzying heights. 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 annmargret.
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