Cast
Crew
H
Herbert Baker
Screenplay
D
Donald Hamilton
Novel
H
Hugo Montenegro
Original Music Composer
R
Richard Spero
Set Decoration
J
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
H
Harold F. Kress
Editor
I
Irving Allen
Producer
S
Sy Devore
Wardrobe Designer
J
Jerome M. Siegel
Assistant Director
H
Howard Pine
Unit Production Manager
D
Danny Lee
Special Effects
B
Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor
V
Virginia Jones
Hairstylist
J
James Curtis Havens
Second Unit Director
J
Jack Haynes
Sound
J
James Z. Flaster
Sound
M
Max Frankel
Property Master
C
Charles J. Rice
Sound Supervisor
Matt Helm Collection
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.