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Writers:
Larry Forrester (novel)
Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 December 1967 (Finland) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy more
Tagline:
The world's most uncovered undercover agent! more
Plot:
In Europe with a U.S. team, skydiver Fathom Harvill is approached by a Scottish colonel working for a top-secret Western agency... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A 60's Lark more (23 total)

Cast

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Anthony Franciosa ... Peter Merriwether (as Tony Franciosa)

Raquel Welch ... Fathom Harvill
Ronald Fraser ... Col. Douglas Campbell, Chief of HADES

Richard Briers ... Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
Greta Chi ... Maj. Jo-May Soon (KGB)
Tom Adams ... Mike, Owner of Casa Miguel
Elizabeth Ercy ... Ulla
Ann Lancaster ... Mrs. Trivers
Tutte Lemkow ... Mehmed, Serapkin's servant
Reg Lye ... Mr. Trivers
Clive Revill ... Sergi Serapkin
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Tony Adams ... Mike
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated | UK:U
Filming Locations:
Mijas, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Richard Briers has claimed in interviews that he finds the plot of this film hard to fathom more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious stuntman portraying Fathom as she is chased by / knocked down by the bull in the bullring scene. more
Quotes:
Peter Merriwether: Fathom, eh? I never met a Fathom. Where did you ever get a kinky name like that?
Fathom Harvill: First initials for uncles- Freddy, Arthur, Tom, Harry, Oscar, Milton. They were all rich, and Papa wasn't taking any chances- unlike me.
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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A 60's Lark, 4 August 2003
7/10
Author: LynxMatthews from United States

Welch looks good in this, to be sure. But she also carries across the oddball charm this movie is attempting to convey. She looked good in Bedazzled and Myra Breckinridge as well, but wasn't given much to do. Here she gets some good dialogue to parry the men with, and she comes across as an exciting heroine that unlike Flynt or Matt Helm, should have been given more than one movie to do her thing. This film is very reminiscent of the more whacked-out Modesty Blaise. Just a little funnier. One could also find the roots of the current Charlie's Angels flix in this movie, albeit without the battering music.

Leslie H. Martinson is a director who should be studied more closely. He did so many TV shows, it would be easy to dismiss him as style-free. But from what I've seen (Hot Rod Girl, PT 109, Batman) he uses simplicity in his favor, and makes good little movies that stick with you.

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