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.

---

Plot Keywords:

friendship | male protagonist | 1980s | 555 phone number | new york city | 

---

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.

---

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

---

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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As well as featuring past Bond actor George Lazenby, the film also features two actors who would later appear in Bond films; Patrick MacNee (Tibbet in A View to a Kill (1985)) and Anthony Zerbe (Milton Krest in Licence to Kill (1989)).

---

Goofs

In the opening gambling sequence there is heard a "phone call for" page over the casino's speaker system. No casino would allow pages like that, it would distract from people gambling. That's also why there are no windows or clocks on the gambling floor.

---

Quotes

Nigel Pennington-Smythe: What are you doing?
Illya Kuryakin: Trying to get an explosive cap out of my boot heel, so I can blast the pipe apart so we can get out of here.
Nigel Pennington-Smythe: Why would they put the explosive cap in your shoe? You'll never get it with us hanging by these handcuffs from the pipe. You'd think somebody would have thought of a better spot to put it.
Illya Kuryakin: Well, thats progress I guess?

---

Connections

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

User Reviews

A fun romp

This is one re-union movie that had to be made. Fortunately it was made by a rabid fan of the original--a man named Michael Sloan who went on to produce "The Equalizer". Sloan and director Ray Austin (who directed many later episodes of "The Avengers") made sure they kept much of the tongue in cheek humour of the series, and made the movie a high quality venture, but up-dated it to then modern times (1983). A touching item was the stars made a point to notice they were getting to old for this kind of physical action, and that Illya points out "progress" is not necessarily a better thing. The supporting cast was first rate with Anthony Zerbe (what happened to him?), Geoffrey Lewis, Keenan Wynn, and especially Pat MacNee (former Avenger John Steed) as the new head of UNCLE...Its a shame a planned new series was not picked up by CBS.