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

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

Director:

Ray Austin

Writers:

Sam Rolfe (developer: original series), Michael Sloan

Stars:

Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Patrick Macnee

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 Tríska	...	Vaselievich
Susan Woollen	...	Janice Friday
Carolyn Seymour	...	Actress
George Lazenby	...	J.B.
Judith Chapman	...	Z-65

Storyline

The criminal organization THRUSH steals the A-bomb H975 and demands $300,000 to be delivered within 72 hours by their former antagonist Solo. So U.N.C.L.E. has to reactivate the super agents Solo and Kuryakin after they were 15 years out of business. Equipped in the usual 007 fashion they start to seek the villains.

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Plot Keywords:

spy spoof | espionage | spying | acronym in title | spy | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Fifteen Years Later Affair

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Richard Sloan Productions, Viacom Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "J.B." character played by George Lazenby, like James Bond, drives an Aston Martin DB5, and with a license plate saying JB.

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Goofs

When Solo and Kuryakin meet up in New York, they take a walk in the streets. Near the end of the sequence, after Kuryakin hits Solo, very tall palm trees can be seen in the reflection in the window.

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Quotes

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

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Connections

Follows The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)

User Reviews

surprisingly good reunion flick

Reunion TV-movies based on old series rarely capture the spirit of the original, but Return of the Man from Uncle taps into the campiness of the series as if it never was off the air. The leads have fun acknowledging their age, and the whole thing neatly turns into a parody of spy films without becoming a parody of itself. I rated it a "9" not because it is great art but because compared to all other TV reunion movies it is head and shoulders above the rest!