The awkward and annoying disregard for character continuity during Jame Bond’s first period of change.
Tag: espionage
M Appeal: Diana Rigg’s Mysterious German 8mm Movies
In 1969, the star of The Avengers was appearing in two big-budget movies – but still found time to make a collection of low-budget shorts for the home movie market.
The Espionage Era: The Quiller Memorandum
This curious hybrid of Sixties Cold War spy film and old-fashioned Nazi-themed thriller is enjoyable but oddly unsatisfying.
The Spies Who Loved Me: A Visual History Of The Bond Girl
The evolving history of the Bond Girl is a study in glamour, sexploitation and hypocrisy across six decades.
The Espionage Era: The Ipcress File
Continuing our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s with this classic ‘anti-Bond’ downbeat thriller that spawned its own franchise.
The Espionage Era: Our Man In Marrakesh
Continuing our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s with a rather odd comedy-thriller from the Harry Alan Towers stable.
The Espionage Era: Hot Enough For June
The first in our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s is a lovely ‘accidental spy’ romp with Dirk Bogarde and Sylva Koscina.
Deservedly Forgotten – The Clumsy British Spy Series Spyder’s Web
The long-lost British spy TV series proves not to be a buried treasure.
SAS – France’s James Bond
A visual guide to the continuing literary adventures of French secret agent Prince Malko Linge.