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A Man Called Dagger

  • 19681968
  • 1h 26m
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A wheelchair-bound mad scientist plots to revive the Third Reich. Secret agent Dick Dagger is assigned to stop him.A wheelchair-bound mad scientist plots to revive the Third Reich. Secret agent Dick Dagger is assigned to stop him.A wheelchair-bound mad scientist plots to revive the Third Reich. Secret agent Dick Dagger is assigned to stop him.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Richard Rush
  • Writers
    • Leighton J. Peatman
    • Robert S. Weekley
  • Stars
    • Paul Mantee
    • Terry Moore
    • Jan Murray
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  • Director
    • Richard Rush
  • Writers
    • Leighton J. Peatman
    • Robert S. Weekley
  • Stars
    • Paul Mantee
    • Terry Moore
    • Jan Murray
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    • 8User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Paul Mantee
    Paul Mantee
    • Dick Daggeras Dick Dagger
    Terry Moore
    Terry Moore
    • Harper Davisas Harper Davis
    Jan Murray
    • Rudolph Koffmanas Rudolph Koffman…
    Sue Ane Langdon
    Sue Ane Langdon
    • Ingridas Ingrid
    Eileen O'Neill
    Eileen O'Neill
    • Ericaas Erica
    Maureen Arthur
    Maureen Arthur
    • Joyas Joy
    Leonard Stone
    Leonard Stone
    • Karl Raineras Karl Rainer
    Richard Kiel
    Richard Kiel
    • Ottoas Otto
    Mimi Dillard
    • Girl in Autoas Girl in Auto
    Martha Luttrell
    • Ingrid's Girlas Ingrid's Girl
    Diane Neff
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    Margie Nelson
    • Ingrid's Girlas Ingrid's Girl
    Ido Rosen
    • The salesmanas The salesman
    Richard Rush
    Richard Rush
    Bruno VeSota
    Bruno VeSota
    • Dr. Grulikas Dr. Grulik
    Lenore Waring
    • Ingrid's Girlas Ingrid's Girl
    Virginia Wood
    Virginia Wood
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      • Richard Rush
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      • Leighton J. Peatman
      • Robert S. Weekley
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    • Connections
      Featured in Lionpower from MGM (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      A Man Called Dagger
      Written by Buddy Kaye and Steve Allen

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    7/10
    The name is Dagger . . . Dick Dagger. (Naw, just doesn't work).
    James Bond is a character often imitated, never duplicated -- especially by this unskilled production which offers spy fans Paul Mantee ("Robinson Crusoe on Mars") as agent Dick Dagger (!) and his female ally, Terry Moore ("Might Joe Young").

    Mantee is armed with a laser-firing watch, but he doesn't use it often. The villain is played by Jan Murray, whose role wins him the dubious distinction of being the least believable Nazi war criminal in movie history.

    But the story does succeed in creating a disgusting villain; Murray's meat-packing business is processing meat from human bodies, and he serves a fillet mignon to Mantee obtained from sexy Maureen Arthur! (Yuck). Murray's sexy accomplice is Sue Ann Langdon ("A Guide for the Married Man"). Directed by Richard Rush. Co-star Terry Moore, a former wife of Howard Hughes, later posed for a photo spread in Playboy magazine, looking remarkably good for a woman over fifty.
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    • Release date
      • January 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Why Spy?
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Global Screen Associates
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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