Ep# 49 - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in the 60s
Cinema6017 Aug 2021

Ep# 49 - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in the 60s

If you were a teenager in the 1960s chances are you loved three things: The Beatles, Yo-Yos and The Man From UNCLE. Okay, likely you enjoyed a variety of other things, but the adventures of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin sure captured the hearts and minds of the many during their four year television run. But this is cinema60 so we’re exploring the eight Man From UNCLE movies that were released (not to be confused with the surprisingly charming Guy Ritchie movie) largely for foreign audiences and cash-ins for spy-fever (aka UNCLEitis mania, scientifically).

In this episode Bart complains about this being another Bootleg Bond episode and Jenna gushes about how much she likes Man From UNCLE but not so much these movies. Which isn’t to say they’re bad movies since they’re basically overlong television episodes but well… that’s kind of the issue. Either way, watching Vaughn and McCallum run around California national parks, midcentury dream offices and indoor rocket launch pads is anything but boring*.

*Bart disagrees with this statement.

The following films are discussed:

To Trap A Spy (1964)
Directed by Don Medford
Starring Robert Vaughn, Luciana Paluzzi, Pat Crowley

The Spy With My Face (1965)
Directed by John Newland
Starring David McCallum, Senta Berger, Leo G. Carroll

One Spy Too Many (1966)
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Starring Rip Torn, Dorothy Provine, Yvonne Craig

One of Our Spies is Missing (1966)
Directed by E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Starring Vera Miles, Ann Elder, Bernard Fox

The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Starring Jack Palance, Janet Leigh, Letícia Román

The Karate Killers (1967)
Directed by Barry Shear
Starring Kim Darby, Herbert Lom, Joan Crawford

The Helicopter Spies (1968)
Directed by Boris Sagal
Starring Carol Lynley, Bradford Dillman, Lola Albright

How To Steal the World (1968)
Directed by Sutton Roley
Starring Barry Sullivan, Eleanor Parker, Leslie Nielsen

“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” (1964-1968)

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