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17 January 1969 (Finland) moreTagline:
Matt Helm gets it from the Wrecking Crew! morePlot:
The count has stolen enough gold to cause a financial crisis in the world markets so I.C.E. sends in ace spy Matt Helm to stop him... more | full synopsisUser Comments:
no Bond ... but no Austin Powers either! moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Dean Martin | ... | Matt Helm |
 | Elke Sommer | ... | Linka Karensky |
 | Sharon Tate | ... | Freya Carlson |
| Nancy Kwan | ... | Yu-Rang |
| Nigel Green | ... | Count Contini |
| Tina Louise | ... | Lola Medina |
| John Larch | ... | 'Mac' MacDonald |
| John Brascia | ... | Karl |
| Weaver Levy | ... | Kim |
| Wilhelm von Homburg | ... | Gregor |
| Bill Saito | ... | Ching |
| Fuji | ... | Toki |
| Pepper Martin | ... | Frankie |
| Ted Jordan | ... | Guard (as Ted H. Jordan) |
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Rated PG for sensuality, violence and some language.Parents Guide:
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105 minCountry:
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West Germany:16 | UK:PG (cut) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1996)Fun Stuff
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Errors in geography: There are no mountains in Denmark moreQuotes:
'Mac' MacDonald: [showing a new explosive device] It's so new we don't even have a name for it yet.Matt Helm: [throws the handkerchief to a safe distance, where it explodes upon hitting the ground] Why don't we call it a little bit of hanky panky?
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Too bad Dean Martin gave up on Matt Helm just as James Bond was in chaos in the wake of Sean Connery's departure... In 1969, the new Bond was an unknown and only had one true lady with "man appeal" on his side; Emma Peel herself, Miss Diana Rigg! Helm had all kinds of chicks, especially the sublime Miss Sharon Tate... On that advantage alone, Matt Helm could have overtaken James Bond's spot! Alas such a feat had to be accomplished by a total parody such as Powers many years later... Mind-boggling too when one considers the fact that Powers never had anyone even remotely close to the elegance of a Rigg or Tate next to his ridiculous frame...!
Matt Helm though -just as James Coburn's Our Man Flint series- was a far more subtle parody of the Bond myth... Thus worthier of eclipsing it than the ridiculous farce that Austin Powers and his mojo are! History tells us though that both Helm and Flint failed... and Powers is the one to finally outsell at the box-office the once-invincible Bond...