Kelly and Scott are on the run from an armed group. The've learnt the identities of some of the biggest saboteurs in America, who depend on their anonymity. Kelly and Scott seek refuge at a farm ...
A beautiful tour guide, a handsome tennis pro and the romantic city of Venice would make for an intimate friendship if the tour guide didn't like to slip knives between men's ribs.
A pair of American agents handle their assignments with skill, humour and some serious questions about their work. Kelly Robinson's a former Princeton law student who's cover is a Davis Cup tennis player; partner and friend, Alexander Scott's a Rhodes'scholar and is Kelly's trainer, as well as being a language expert.Written by
Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Happy-go-lucky wanderers - or undercover agents for Washington? It's Robert Culp and Bill Cosby in NBC's exciting round-the-world action series. (season 2)
The Theme music for "I Spy" was written by Earle Hagen, who also wrote the theme from "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and the sultry "Harlem Nocturne". See more »
During the opening credits sequence of many early episodes, scenes from that episode are shown underneath a closeup of Robert Culp's eyes. If you look closely, Culp's facial expressions (concerned, happy, etc.) almost always match the action happening on the screen. Later in the series, a standard set of action/romance/humor scenes was used. See more »
I bought the entire series on DVD recently and have spent many evenings watching two or 3 episodes each. While I grew up during the shows original run, I'd only watched a few then. So for a while, due to the invariable trappings of the times it was filmed during, I was taken back a bit. However I was really involved with the adventures and characters of the two main characters (and the venerable Kenneth Tobey as their most frequent handler). This show being compared to any of the numerous other espionage series is not a serious comparison. The location filming and abilities of cast and crew made this as special a show as another series from the same time period that made such an impact on me. Culp and Cosby will forever be unique for a multitude of reasons, together they made a good entertainment greater. Long live "I, Spy".
BP
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I bought the entire series on DVD recently and have spent many evenings watching two or 3 episodes each. While I grew up during the shows original run, I'd only watched a few then. So for a while, due to the invariable trappings of the times it was filmed during, I was taken back a bit. However I was really involved with the adventures and characters of the two main characters (and the venerable Kenneth Tobey as their most frequent handler). This show being compared to any of the numerous other espionage series is not a serious comparison. The location filming and abilities of cast and crew made this as special a show as another series from the same time period that made such an impact on me. Culp and Cosby will forever be unique for a multitude of reasons, together they made a good entertainment greater. Long live "I, Spy".
BP