Out of Sight (1966)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Lennie Weinrib

Writers:

David Asher (story)
Larry Hovis (writer)

Release Date:

12 May 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Secret Agent | Farce | Intelligence Agent | Spy Mission | Music Concert

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)
Peter Birrell	...	Musician, bassist (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Beau Charles	...	Himself (guitarist with The Knickerbockers) (as The Knickerbockers)
Roy Crewsdon	...	Musician (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Coby Denton	...	Tom
Deon Douglas	...	Mike
Bernie Dwyer	...	Musician, drummer (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Bob Eubanks	...	Himself as voice of concert announcer
Jamie Farr
Vicki Fee	...	Janet
Freddie & The Dreamers	...	Themselves
Freddie Garrity	...	Musician, singer (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Gary Lewis & The Playboys	...	Themselves
Dobie Gray	...	Himself
The Knickerbockers	...	Themselves
Gary Lewis	...	Himself (as Gary Lewis & The Playboys)
John Lodge	...	John Stamp
Derek Quinn	...	Musician, guitarist (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Nick Rather	...	Himself (as Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
Pamela Rodgers	...	Madge

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Company:

Universal Pictures

Soundtrack:

A Love Like You

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.!