The Silencers

"The Best Spy Thriller of Nineteen Sexty-Sex!"

1966 1h 42m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 55

ComedyActionAdventure

Synopsis

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Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.

“The Best Spy Thriller of Nineteen Sexty-Sex!”

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Cast

Dean Martin
Matt Helm
Stella Stevens
Gail Hendricks
Daliah Lavi
Tina
Victor Buono
Tung-Tze
Arthur O'Connell
Joe Wigman
Robert Webber
Sam Gunther
James Gregory
MacDonald
Nancy Kovack
Barbara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Phil Karlson
Writers: Oscar Saul
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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60 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Matt Helm Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Phil Karlson, shot by Burnett Guffey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Elmer Bernstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Charles Nelson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Dean Martin and Stella Stevens and Daliah Lavi carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Best Spy Thriller of Nineteen Sexty-Sex!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0060980 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Phil Karlson directs. Burnett Guffey behind the camera. Elmer Bernstein scores. Charles Nelson cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

160 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Matt Helm Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Phil Karlson, shot by Burnett Guffey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Elmer Bernstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Charles Nelson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Dean Martin and Stella Stevens and Daliah Lavi carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Best Spy Thriller of Nineteen Sexty-Sex!".
8IMDB entry: tt0060980 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Original score: Elmer Bernstein
Editing: Charles Nelson
Costume design: Moss Mabry
Makeup / hair: Virginia Jones
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $16,318,124
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Silencers (1966)

Part of

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.