Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaSecret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.
- Slaygirl
- (as Yumiko Ishizuka)
- Slaygirl
- (as Karin Fedderson)
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My God! What a great UNDER-RATED movie! Where do I start? The opening theme song and the images that go with it get ten out of ten. Then after we are finished with the cool theme music we cut to the spaceship...with some cool Hugo Montenergo music playing over the spaceship footage. From this point I am hooked on this fun very 1960s movie! Dean Martin, Kurt Kasznar (pre-Land of the Giants) and Albert Salmi are outstanding!
The only thing I have against the film is the train-track scene where it is a bit too obvious that the actors are actually in the studio and not out on location at all.
I have seen all the 60s Matt Helm movies and they are all great. The Ambushers is my favourite of the bunch as it has more of a science fiction element than the others. It is too bad these films don't seem to get the expected TV reruns these days (atleast in my country of Australia) but I am guessing the sexist nature of them might bother some? But they are a product of the time so it is not something we should be upset about today. After all, 60s 007 movies still get screenings around the clock and nobody complains about them.
Frankly, I am not too big on Dean Martin as a singer so he will always be Matt Helm to me. I wonder how he would feel about that? The Ambushers is a must see!
There's a groovy title song played over credits that display a huge array of bikini-clad, heavily made up beauties that wind up having little or nothing to do with the plot. All of the kicky, funky music is by Hugo Montenegro and it's one of the film's better attributes. The film is only really bad if one is expecting serious spy drama or high brow jokes. The villain's chief gadget is a dopey looking satellite dish that shoots sparks out of it (along with a hand-held version.) It serves its greatest purpose pouring drinks for everyone. The one-liners in this film are of the lowest caliber possible and the ultra-macho point of view will likely be off-putting to some viewers. However, for those eager to see the type of kooky, colorful romps that inspired Mike Myers to create "Austin Powers", this is required viewing. (Check out how Dino's car trunk pops out an inflatable tent complete with bed, nightstand, lamp and metal chairs!) Martin isn't exactly flexing his acting muscles here, but he was playing into his image at the time of a boozy womanizer. Rule is a better actress than this fluff deserves and she doesn't really fit the boobs and hair-type of role, but she does well anyway. Berger is unbelievably luscious. Wearing what have to be the cinema's largest-ever earrings and sporting an impossibly golden tan, hair piled high and an aquamarine lounging gown, she is one of the most underrated beauties on record. She deserved a bigger career in Hollywood than she wound up with. There's a poolside fashion show of ultra-60's Oleg Cassini creations and most of the women wear false eyelashes so heavy they can almost open their eyes. It was a time that can never be repeated, so one should relish films like this as the time capsules they are and rent Oliver Stone movies when they want to be challenged.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizTo create the effect of Sheila's half orange-half purple dress and skirt being unzipped by the villain's gadget, thin wires were attached to the zippers on Janice Rule's clothes and then pulled on by off-camera crewmen, effectively stripping the actress while leaving her clad only in a strapless slip.
- BlooperThroughout the entire film, wires used to lift things and people up with the "anti-gravity ray" can be seen. This is especially obvious when the saucer is brought down to the jungle and when Matt rescues Sheila from the runaway train wagon.
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[last lines]
Matt Helm: You know, there'll be times when you'll find yourself in a romantic situation with an enemy agent. Now, you've got to just let yourself go. You know, be soft and yielding. A little champagne.
Slaygirl: I don't drink.
Matt Helm: A little love.
Slaygirl: I don't drink.
Matt Helm: Well, soft lights and music - especially music. That'll do it every time. Eh, just relax and now you play close attention.
Slaygirl: You can count on me, sir.
Matt Helm: [Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" plays on the stereo] Nice voice.
[moves in for a kiss]
Slaygirl: I'm sorry Mr. Helm. I guess I'm just not in the mood.
[Matt puts on the next record, which happens to be Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night"]
Slaygirl: Oh, kiss me!
[long kiss]
Matt Helm: Do you really like Perry Como that much?
- Curiosità sui creditiNext in view, The Wrecking Crew
- ConnessioniFollowed by Missione compiuta stop. Bacioni Matt Helm (1968)
- Colonne sonoreThe Ambushers
Lyrics by Herbert Baker
Music by Hugo Montenegro
Sung by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Courtesy of A&M Records
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Dettagli
Botteghino
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 10.000.000 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 42 minuti
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1