The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (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 H957 and demands $350,000,000 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:

friendship | male protagonist | 1980s | psychotronic film | 555 phone number | 

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Taglines:

They're Back In An All-New Motion Picture! Once Again They Have To Save the World from THRUSH. Only Now It's 15 Years Later, And THRUSH is a Nuclear Power.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | 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:

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Border, 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 Mono (Glen Glenn Sound)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The appearance of the "JB" character played by George Lazenby is also a sort of circular reference. The character of Napoleon Solo originally appeared as an American agent in Goldfinger [he died], and the name was later used for the U.N.C.L.E. character with Bond creator Ian Fleming's permission.

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Goofs

In the final poker hand, Vaselievich is showing three kings and Solo says he has a possible full house. While true, as a true gambler Solo should have said he has a possible four-of-a-kind, since that hand is ranked higher than a full house.

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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

"It would of been a disaster without Vaughn and McCallam!"

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuriyakin are called back to UNCLE after fifteen years to do battle with THRUSH once more who are holding the United States to ransom with a stolen nuclear bomb.

Enjoyable revival movie with Robert Vaughn and David McCallam looking a bit older and a bit thicker around the middle, but still wonderful as Solo and Kuriyakin. The chemistry between them hasn't faded after so many years. Good supporting cast includes Anthony Zerbe as an evil THRUSH chief, Carolyn Seymour as a Russian ballerina who is blackmailed by THRUSH to do their bidding and Patrick Macnee (ex-Avengers) makes a satisfactory replacement for Leo G Carroll as the new UNCLE chief, the latter sadly died in 1972. The film is directed by Ray Austin who worked on The Avengers as initially stunt arranger and later as a director. Austin made his directorial debut on an episode from the latter entitled "All Done With Mirrors."

This was intended as the pilot for a new series, but sadly it never materialised. Interestingly, there has been rumours of a big budget movie of the series being made, probably like Mission Impossible, but as The Return Of The Man From UNCLE shows without Vaughn and McCallam it will be a disaster.