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.
Tag: spy movie
The Genre-Bending Pleasures Of Ultraviolet
The slick and stylish British TV series that mixed vampirism, spy drama and action is better than you might have been led to believe.
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.
The Bulldog Drummond Films Of The 1960s
The short-lived 1960s reboot of the classic adventure series into a Bond-style mix of high camp and sexy girls.