Out of Sight (1966)

Teenage/secret agent/musical comedy about Big Daddy who's been "driven mad by rock 'n' roll," so he plans to sabotage a music fair with a bomb. Secret agent Homer comes to the rescue aided ... See full summary »

Director:

Lennie Weinrib

Writers:

David Asher (story), Larry Hovis

Stars:

Jonathan Daly, Karen Jensen, Robert Pine

Cast

Credited cast:
Jonathan Daly	...	Homer
Karen Jensen	...	Sandra Carter
Robert Pine	...	Greg
Carolyne Barry	...	Marvin (as Carole Shelyne)
Wende Wagner	...	Scuba
Maggie Thrett	...	Wipeout
Deanna Lund	...	Tuff Bod
Rena Horten	...	The Girl from Flush
Billy Curtis	...	The Man From Flush
John Lawrence	...	Big D
Jimmy Murphy	...	Mousie
Norman Grabowski	...	Huh!
Forrest Lewis	...	Mr. Carter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Arturi	...	Himself (as Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
The Astronauts	...	Themselves

Storyline

Teenage/secret agent/musical comedy about Big Daddy who's been "driven mad by rock 'n' roll," so he plans to sabotage a music fair with a bomb. Secret agent Homer comes to the rescue aided by his girlfriend Sandra along with Marvin. The sinister villains belong to the crime syndicate F.L.U.S.H. Featuring the musical groups The Turtles, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Astronauts, The Knickerbockers and Freddy and the Dreamers.

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Plot Keywords:

secret agent | james bond spoof | parody | impostor | intelligence | 

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Taglines:

It's so way out ... it's "Out of Sight"

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

007 1/2 agente per forza contro gli assassini dello yè yè

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Malibu Run"
Written by Jimmy Karstein, Leon Russell, Gary Lewis and T. Leslie
Performed by Gary Lewis & The Playboys

User Reviews

Way Out? No. Cornball? YES!

I first heard about this movie from the book "Barris TV & Movie Cars," by George Barris & David Fetherston, and immediately, I wanted to know if it was as corny as it looked. I later found out that the book mistook Carole Shelyne for Karen Jensen, and that it makes the 1966-68 Batman TV Series look like Hill Street Blues.

This crackpot spy spoof, is about an employee of a secret agent named Homer(Jonathan Daly), who impersonates one, when he's hired by a beach bunny (Karen Jensen), to stop an organization called "F.L.U.S.H.," lead by a villain with as bad slavic accent(John Lawrence), from destroying rock'n'roll. All the while, he's being hounded by F.L.U.S.H.'s agents, many of them gorgeous women, and one geeky, boy-crazy friend of the beach bunny (Carole Shelyne). As Marvin, Shelyne's character is supposed to be ugly, but this was made at a time when 'ugly' could be defined as having thick glasses and an aggressive sexual desire. The bands in this movie were supposed to be "way out," but even by 1966 standards, that's far from the truth. The only way out thing about it was Homer's car (the ZZR), F.L.U.S.H.'s motorcycle, and a custom T-Bird Sports Roadster at the beginning. The movie is terrific for the bubble-gum set, and anyone with a goofy sense of humor, but if you try to find it at your local video store, the clerk will hand you a copy of the 1998 Jennifer Lopez movie, so look for it on cable-TV instead.

Ironically, 18 years after this movie was made, a REAL organization was establish to destroy rock'n'roll, as well as rap, by a woman who is now the Second Lady of the United States, but it isn't called F.L.U.S.H.,...it's called the P.M.R.C.!