The Silencers

19661966
PGPG
1h 42m

Dean Martin in The Silencers (1966)

Retired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII.

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Retired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII.Retired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII.Retired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII.

Director
- Phil Karlson
Writers
- Donald Hamilton(novels "The Silencers" and "Death of a Citizen")
- Oscar Saul(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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Trailer

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Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Cyd Charisse, and Larri Thomas in The Silencers (1966)

The Silencers (1966)

The Silencers (1966)

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Daliah Lavi in The Silencers (1966)

Daliah Lavi in The Silencers (1966)

Dean Martin, Barbara Burgess, and Jan Watson in The Silencers (1966)

Dean Martin in The Silencers (1966)

In this, the first Matt Helm movie, we see Matt Helm coaxed out of semi-retirement by an attractive ex-partner. It seems that the evil Big O organization has a nefarious plan called "Operation: Fallout." If this plan comes to fruition, Big O will explode an atomic bomb over Alamogordo, NM, and start WWIII. Only Matt Helm can stop them. —Afterburner <aburner@erols.com>

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Taglines
- Follow Matt Helm secret agent from bedroom to bedlam with guns, girls and dynamite!
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
Although one of the greatest female dancers in the history of the movie musical, Cyd Charisse singing in films was almost always dubbed. A young Vikki Carr performed her singing in The Silencers (1966).

Goofs
Lovey is seen to be wearing a bra after she has supposedly climbed naked from the bath, been dried and then had a bathrobe placed on her.

Quotes
Gail Hendrix: I want some music.
[Gail turns on car radio, Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" plays]
Matt Helm: Oh, turn him off, he's terrible!
[Gail changes the station, Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody" plays]
Matt Helm: Now there's a guy that can sing!

Crazy credits
Coming up next Matt Helm meets Lovey Kravezit in Murderers' Row

Connections
Featured in The Obsession of Billy Botski (1980)

Soundtracks
The Silencers
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Lyrics by Mack David
Performed by Cyd Charisse (dubbed by Vikki Carr)

Top review

For guns, girls and mayhem, this movie will not disappoint.

The first in the Matt helm series; some say the best of all the James Bond spoofs. Violence and humor are equally mixed, as they are in the Bond pictures. *The Silencers* probably has the most alluring collection of femmes fatales as Hollywood has ever assembled. Klutzy (or is she really?) Stella Stevens, brunette Dahlia Lavi, blond Nancy Kovack, and dancer Cyd Charisse all have important roles. It is not giving away too much to say that of these four women, two are good, two are bad, and three of them suffer the fate of getting shot to death at surprising moments.

A bit of trivia: Beverly Adams, Helm's curvaceous secretary, married Yvres St. Laurent. And deadly Nancy Kovack married conductor Zubin Mehta, the lucky devil. Kovack, clad in only her high heeled shoes and one of Martin's white shirts, tries to seduce him into coming back to work for ICE, his old outfit. It is perhaps the most erotic three minute scene in any spy movie.

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mrudder2002
Feb 16, 2002

Watching on Amazon Prime. At 51:43 I would swear that's Martin Landau in frame. Can't get a clear shot of him (dark) but even his posture and walk are telling.

Release date
- March 16, 1966 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Leise flüstern die Pistolen
Filming locations
- New Mexico, USA
Production company
- Meadway-Claude Productions Company (I) (II)
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Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
1 hour 42 minutes
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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