Subgenre Sampler
Spy: 298 Films to Buy & Rent
Persuaders, The (TV Series) (Persuaders!, The) (1971)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore, Tony Curtis
- Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny.
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Callan (TV Series) (1970)
- Dir. James Goddard, Voytek
Feat. Edward Woodward
- The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
Lancelot Link Secret Chimp (TV Series) (1970)
- A still amusing TV cult from the early 1970s, which put a hairy satirical twist on the spy series that were popular at the time, by populating its…
Assassination Bureau, The (1969)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas…
- Spirited crime caper which translates Jack London's novel of the same name to Europe on the cusp of WWI.
Diana Rigg plays an aspiring journalist…
Chairman, The (1969)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill…
- Engrossing and utterly preposterous spy flick with Peck as a scientist who must sneak into communist China to steal a secret formula, and to…
Department S (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Peter Wyngarde
- Perhaps the last elaborate flourish in its genre, this AVENGERS–style TV series was set around three 'special agents' who solve the unsolvable…
Mister Jerico (1969)
- Dir. Sidney Hayers
Feat. Patrick Macnee, Herbert Lom, Connie Stevens
- Cheesy 60s crime caper stars AVENGERS actor Patrick Macnee as a conman set out to rob a diamond from a millionaire, only to have his plans disrupted…
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- Dir. Peter R. Hunt
Feat. George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
- Unique among Bonds not only for the one–off casting of George Lazenby but also the greater sensitivity given to his character (007 falls in…
Topaz (1969)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. John Forsythe, Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin…
- Intelligence spooks John Forsythe and Frederick Stafford run through the gamut of spy moves in the 60s Cold War world. Needless to say, Hitch ain't…
Wrecking Crew, The (1969)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate…
- Daft final outing for Martin as erotic photographer/super–spy Matt Helm with bonkers plot centering on a villain stealing a billion dollars…