Movie Details
Theatrical Release:December 30th, 1968
Movie Box Office Gross:$2,400,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Columbia Pictures, Meadway-Claude Productions Company
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Cast & Crew
D
Donald Hamilton
Novel
W
William P. McGivern
Screenplay
I
Irving Allen
Producer
H
Hugo Montenegro
Original Music Composer
S
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Matt Helm Movies
Tounge-in-cheek spy-spoof series staring Dean Martin. Loosely (VERY loosely) based on the series of novels by Donald Hamilton. The films used the name Matt Helm, his cover identity, plus book titles and some very loose plot elements, but otherwise the series bore no resemblance at all to the character, atmosphere, or themes of Hamilton's original books, nor to the hard-edged action of Bond. One reason was the attitude of the filmmakers that the only way to compete with the Bond films was to parody them.
