Cast & Crew
D
Donald Hamilton
Novel
H
Herbert Baker
Screenplay
H
Hugo Montenegro
Original Music Composer
H
Harold F. Kress
Editor
Movie Details
Theatrical Release:December 22nd, 1967
Movie Budget:$4,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$10,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Dean Martin
Production Companies:Meadway-Claude Productions Company, Columbia Pictures
Movie Tags:
spyMatt 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.