The Silencers
The Silencers is a 1966 American spy comedy film directed by Phil Karlson, starring Dean Martin as agent Matt Helm. The screenplay by Oscar Saul is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Donald Hamilton, while also adapting elements of Hamilton's first Helm novel, Death of a Citizen (1960). The film co-stars Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Victor Buono, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Webber, James Gregory, Roger C. Carmel, Beverly Adams, and Cyd Charisse.
Plot
Once a photographer by day and spy by night, Matt Helm is now a happily retired secret agent, shooting photos of glamorous models instead of guns and enjoying a close relationship with his assistant, the lovely Lovey Kravezit. But then his old boss, Macdonald, coaxes him back to the agency ICE (Intelligence and Counter Espionage) to thwart a new threat from the villainous organization Big O.
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| author | Donald Hamilton |
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| director | Phil Karlson |
| editor | Charles Nelson |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | atomic bomb test bumble end enemy agent femme fatale matt helm new mexico nuclear war nuclear warfare retire secret agent shoot underground atomic bomb test underground nuclear weapons testing |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| producer | Irving Allen |
| productionCompany | Meadway-Claude Productions Company |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | fashion spy comedy |