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

"It's Not Unusual"
Written by Gordon Mills and Les Reed
Performed by The Knickerbockers

User Reviews

Damp spy camp at the beach party

The sands were running out for the Beach party movie cycle by the time this major studio entry hit the Drive-ins in 1966."Out of sight" tries to vary the formula with a witless spy plot,aping the Bond mania of the time.A Russian type villain called Big D(John Lawrence),aiming to sabotage the local teen scene,finds himself up against pretend secret agent Homer(Jonathan Daly-who is like a cross between Jerry Lewis and Bugs Bunny).Big D tries to bump off Homer using a group of assassin babes,including Wende Wagner(from the "Green Hornet" TV series)and the amazing Deanna Lund(from "Land of the Giants"),who plays a hip swinging bad girl called "Tuff Bod"!Also featuring some gags about a girl and a male midget on a motor cycle as agents of..ahem.."F.L.U.S.H"(they are not the main bad guys),and naturally including lots of hunks and bikini girls doing the "jerk" at the beach.

I actually liked a lot of the music here,which kicks off with Gary Lewis and the Playboy's great "Malibu run",and includes the Astronauts doing a creditable "Baby please don't go",the Turtles performing a semi-psychedelic/Byrds type number in someones front room,ersatz concert footage of Brit joke rockers Freddie and the Dreamers and best of all,Dobie Gray with his classic minor dance hit "Out on the floor"(criminally interrupted by a silly chase scene).The catchy theme tune is by Nik Venet,early producer for the Beach Boys at Capitol records.