Subgenre Sampler
Spy: 298 Films to Buy & Rent
Arabesque (1966)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Sophia Loren, Gregory Peck
- Whimsical spy shenanigans in London, with Anglo–Arab relations straining over the custody of a hieroglyphic code. Sophia Loren's extraordinary…
Danger Man (TV Series) (1966)
- Dir. Peter Yates, Don Chaffey
Feat. Patrick McGoohan
- Before THE PRISONER, Patrick McGoohan played a prototype of the same character as the cool and calculated John Drake, a special agent who keeps up…
Defector, The (1966)
- Dir. Raoul Levy
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Hardy Kruger, Macha Meril…
- Thriller about an American physicist who is blackmailed by the CIA into travelling to East Germany, where he must acquire a microfilm from a…
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka
- Sequel to THE IPCRESS FILE again features Michael Caine as the Harry Palmer, hero of Len Deighton's novel series. This time the espionage functionary…
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) (1966- 1973)
- Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Feat. Peter Graves, Steven Hill, Barbara Bain…
- Forget Tom Cruise, this is the real McCoy – '60s fashion, gadgets, and plots worth talking about the day after.
On DVD rental: Season 1 (28…
Modesty Blaise (1966)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Monica Vitti, Dirk Bogarde, Terence Stamp…
- Comic–strip style adventures of a sexy female spy, filmed at the height of the pop–art craze.
Murderer's Row (1966)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden…
- Far out second Matt Helm film sees our swinging spy battling a villian and his plans to harness the power of the sun to destroy earth. Austin Powers…
Our Man Flint (1966)
- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan…
- Zestful James Bond spoof with James Coburn providing the regulation braun with an equal measure of tongue–in–cheek.
Quiller Memorandum, The (1966)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. George Segal, Max von Sydow, Alec Guinness
- Cold War thriller given an edge through the expert scripting of Harold Pinter, mapping out a game of psychological cat–and–mouse between…
Silencers, The (1966)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi…
- Dean Martin stars as secret agent Matt Helm, the archetypal gun–toting womanizer, straight out of the kitsch 60's. Spawned 3 sequels, but this…