Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.
- Slaygirl
- (as Yumiko Ishizuka)
- Slaygirl
- (as Karin Fedderson)
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- TriviaTo keep their budget low, the producers of this film used items already on the lot. The 'flying saucer" was used in the Star Trek episode "The Alternative Factor" as Lazarus' time jumping ship, and the central control console at the ICE headquarters in the early scene was used as the control console for the Romulan spaceship in the episode "Balance of Terror."
- GoofsThroughout the entire film you can see the wires that are used to lift things and people up whenever the "anti-gravity ray" is used. This is especially obvious in the scenes where the saucer is brought down to the jungle and when Matt rescues Sheila from the runaway train wagon.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Matt Helm: You know, there'll be times when you'll find yourself in a romantic situation with an enemy agent. Now, you've got to just let yourself go. You know, be soft and yielding. A little champagne.
Slaygirl: I don't drink.
Matt Helm: A little love.
Slaygirl: I don't drink.
Matt Helm: Well, soft lights and music - especially music. That'll do it every time. Eh, just relax and now you play close attention.
Slaygirl: You can count on me, sir.
Matt Helm: [Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" plays on the stereo] Nice voice.
[moves in for a kiss]
Slaygirl: I'm sorry Mr. Helm. I guess I'm just not in the mood.
[Matt puts on the next record, which happens to be Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night"]
Slaygirl: Oh, kiss me!
[long kiss]
Matt Helm: Do you really like Perry Como that much?
- Crazy creditsNext in view, The Wrecking Crew
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Wrecking Crew (1968)
- SoundtracksThe Ambushers
Lyrics by Herbert Baker
Music by Hugo Montenegro
Sung by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Courtesy of A&M Records
Do you watch Charlie Chaplin or Laurel & Hardy and complain about the cinematography? You're watching a movie from the 60s guys - it's a time capsule. It can teach you about what life was like then, because at the time the Matt Helm movies were all completely acceptable and even successful.
I dread to think how you lot would handle a 'Carry On' film - yet they were some of the most successful movies ever made in England. You'd probably brand them sexist, vulgar, childish and uninventive though...duh!
- nathansdad
- Aug 24, 2009
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- Wenn Killer auf der Lauer liegen
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- Gross US & Canada
- $10,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1