In this unfunny spy spoof, Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) – the men from U.N.C.L.E – are dispatched to prevent the formula for turning seawater into gold from falling into the hands of a memorable but woefully underused rogues’ gallery.
The formula has been passed on in pieces to the five unsuspecting daughters of the murdered scientist who perfected the process.
UNCLE is very interested in the obvious possibilities of the formula, and Solo and Illya are sent to contact the scientist’s widow (Joan Crawford), only to find that THRUSH has beaten them to it.
So our intrepid pair set off to interview the five daughters.
First, they meet Sandy (Kim Darby). In Rome, they find another daughter locked up by her eccentric husband, another has fallen foul of the law in London (in the person of Constable Terry-Thomas), another is having an affair in the Austrian Alps with her skiing partner, Carl von Kesser (Curt Jurgens), and so on.
Always breathing down the necks of the Man from UNCLEagents is a highly trained pack of Karate Killers, obedient to their ruthless master, Randolph (Herbert Lom), a deadly THRUSH agent.
Paris, London, the Alps, Tokyo and the Arctic – the action in this MGM colour thriller is speedy and spectacular, but director Barry Shear’s clumsy slapstick approach does no credit to the original TV series.
Napoleon Solo
Robert Vaughn Illya Kuryakin
David McCallum Amanda True
Joan Crawford Sandy True
Kim Darby Imogen True
Jill Ireland Randolph
Herbert Lom Carl von Kesser
Curt Jurgens Count de Franzini
Telly Savalas Constable
Terry-Thomas
Director
Barry Shear
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The formula has been passed on in pieces to the five unsuspecting daughters of the murdered scientist who perfected the process.
Always breathing down the necks of the Man from UNCLE agents is a highly trained pack of Karate Killers, obedient to their ruthless master, Randolph (Herbert Lom), a deadly THRUSH agent.
