The Wrecking Crew (1968). Cast: Dean Martin, Elke Sommer and Sharon Tate. The fourth and final film in a series of comedy-spy-fi featuring Martin as secret agent Matt Helm. As with the first three movies (The Silencers, Murderers' Row and The Ambushers), the film is based on Donald Hamilton's 1960 novel of the same name.
The story is simular to the Bond novel/film, Goldfinger, Helm's assignment is to bring down the evil count who is trying to steal gold. Along the way, Helm is partnered with a British agent played by Sharon Tate an accident-prone spy. Chuck Norris makes his film debut in a small role. It was the first film in the series to not be written by comedy writer Herbert Baker but by former police reporter and crime novel author William P. McGivern. The Wreaking Crew, is best known for the perfomance of Sharon Tate, who performed her own stunts and martial arts scenes cheroeographed by Bruce Lee.
When this movie first came out I thought it was a little corny..but, now I really enjoy watching it.
Hey pallie, well Miss Dawn, glads to reads that you have changed your Dino-perspective on the Helmers....btw, d'ya have a fav Matt Helm caper?
ReplyDeleteDino, I hope you enjoyed my Dean Martin tribute. I sure had a lot of fun putting it together. And I met some new friends. Thank you so much for sharing my Dean Martin tribute, on your Awesome blog!!
ReplyDeleteThe only Matt Helm film I have seen so far is, The Wrecking Crew. :)
Dino, I tried to leave a message on your page. But.. for some reason it did not go through..
ReplyDelete