The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983) (TV)

Director:

Ray Austin

Writers:

Sam Rolfe (developer: original series)
Michael Sloan (writer)

Release Date:

5 April 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

When THRUSH steals a nuclear weapon and demands a ransom delivered by Napoleon Solo, UNCLE recalls him and his partner to duty.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Movie Spoof | TV Series Reunion | Spying | Acronym In Title

Cast

Robert Vaughn	...	Napoleon Solo
David McCallum	...	Illya Kuryakin
Patrick Macnee	...	Sir John Raleigh
Tom Mason	...	Benjamin Kowalski
Gayle Hunnicutt	...	Andrea Markovitch
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Janus
Anthony Zerbe	...	Justin Sepheran
Keenan Wynn	...	Piers Castillian
Simon Williams	...	Nigel Pennington-Smythe
John Harkins	...	Alexi Kemp
Jan Triska	...	Vaselievich
Susan Woollen	...	Janice Friday
Carolyn Seymour	...	Actress
George Lazenby	...	J.B.
Judith Chapman	...	Z-65

Also Known As:

The Fifteen Years Later Affair (USA) (subtitle)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Richard Sloan Productions

Trivia:

Even though Leo G. Carroll, who played U.N.C.L.E. boss Alexander Waverly in the T.V. series, passed away in 1972 he still makes an appearance in this movie. His photograph can be clearly seen sitting on a table behind behind the desk of U.N.C.L.E. receptionist Ms. Friday.

Quotes:

Sir John Raleigh: [Pulls out old U.N.C.L.E. radio pen] Open Channel D.

Movie Connections:

References Elmer Gantry (1960)

A fun romp

This is one re-union movie that had to be made. Fortunately it was made by a rabid fan of the original--a man named Michael Sloan who went on to produce "The Equalizer". Sloan and director Ray Austin (who directed many later episodes of "The Avengers") made sure they kept much of the tongue in cheek humour of the series, and made the movie a high quality venture, but up-dated it to then modern times (1983). A touching item was the stars made a point to notice they were getting to old for this kind of physical action, and that Illya points out "progress" is not necessarily a better thing. The supporting cast was first rate with Anthony Zerbe (what happened to him?), Geoffrey Lewis, Keenan Wynn, and especially Pat MacNee (former Avenger John Steed) as the new head of UNCLE...Its a shame a planned new series was not picked up by CBS.