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* TheStinger: The film ends with a post-credits scene featuring a shirtless Matt Helm on a spinning sofa being kissed by various women, with text popping up teasing the film's sequel ''Film/MurderersRow1966'', leading Matt to put his hands into his face and mutter "Oh my god" in response. The scene is notable for being [[TropeMaker the first post-credits scene in a movie]].
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The movie is a strange mixture or genres and switches between parody and brutal espionage thriller in which characters are killed. There are also musical numbers and Martin semi-narrates the movie through song fragments. The movie is also a cutting-edge 1960s SexComedy featuring scantily-clad women with double entendre names. The movie opens with a strip tease that fades before showing any taboo bits.
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The movie is a strange mixture or genres and switches between parody and brutal espionage thriller in which characters are killed. There are also musical numbers and Martin semi-narrates the movie through song fragments. The movie is also a cutting-edge 1960s SexComedy featuring scantily-clad women with double entendre names. The movie opens with a strip tease that fades before showing any taboo bits. \n It's also historically noteworthy for being the first film to feature a [[TheStinger post-credits scene]], which would become a staple in films beginning in the 1980s.
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''The Silencers'' is a 1966 film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Music/DeanMartin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Creator/VictorBuono, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Webber, Creator/JamesGregory, Beverly Adams, and Creator/CydCharisse. It is the third entry in a series of American comedic SpyFiction films featuring Martin as secret agent Matt Helm, a spoof of Franchise/JamesBond.
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''The Silencers'' is a 1966 film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Music/DeanMartin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Creator/VictorBuono, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Webber, Creator/JamesGregory, Beverly Adams, and Creator/CydCharisse. It is the third first entry in a series of American comedic SpyFiction films featuring Martin as secret agent Matt Helm, a spoof of Franchise/JamesBond.
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''The Silencers'' is a 1966 film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Music/DeanMartin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Creator/VictorBuono, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Webber, Creator/JamesGregory, Beverly Adams, and Creator/CydCharisse. It's It is the third entry in a series of American comedic SpyFiction films featuring Martin as secret agent Matt Helm, a spoof of Franchise/JamesBond.
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Followed by three other Matt Helm films: ''Murderers' Row'' ''[[Film/MurderersRow1966 Murderers' Row]]'' (1966), ''Film/TheAmbushers'' (1967), and ''Film/TheWreckingCrew'' (1968).
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* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: The credits play over a show of various women dancing and stripping. One takes her top off and the movie's title covers her breasts.
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''The Silencers'' is a 1966 spy spoof riding the wave of spy films following the success of the ''Film/JamesBond'' series.
The film is a vehicle for musical comedian star and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage). The cast also includes Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, James Gregory, Creator/VictorBuono, Cyd Charisse, and Beverly Adams.
''The Silencers'' is loosely based upon and takes its title from the 1962 novel "The Silencers" by Donald Hamilton, and also adapts elements of Hamilton's first Matt Helm novel, "Death of a Citizen", published in 1960.
In the "Death of a Citizen" Matt Helm is a retired World War II spy who now works as a professional wildlife photographer who is suddenly called back into service to work for the American government.
In the film much of his back story has been dropped although it is not completely forgotten. In the movie Matt Helm is photographer of scantly dressed women for a fictional "Slay Mate Magazine" (a parody of Playboy).
Matt has retired from being a spy and now lives like Hugh Hefner as he surrounds himself with beautiful woman.
The movie is a strange mixture or genres and switches between parody and brutal espionage thriller in which characters are killed. There are also musical numbers and Matt (Dean Martin) semi-narrates the movie through song fragments. The movie is also a cutting-edge 1960s sex comedy with scantily clad women with double entendre names. The movie opens with a strip tease that fades before showing any taboo bits.
This is the first of a series of four Matt Helm films followed by; Murderers' Row (1966), The Ambushers (1967), The Wrecking Crew (1969).
The film is a vehicle for musical comedian star and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage). The cast also includes Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, James Gregory, Creator/VictorBuono, Cyd Charisse, and Beverly Adams.
''The Silencers'' is loosely based upon and takes its title from the 1962 novel "The Silencers" by Donald Hamilton, and also adapts elements of Hamilton's first Matt Helm novel, "Death of a Citizen", published in 1960.
In the "Death of a Citizen" Matt Helm is a retired World War II spy who now works as a professional wildlife photographer who is suddenly called back into service to work for the American government.
In the film much of his back story has been dropped although it is not completely forgotten. In the movie Matt Helm is photographer of scantly dressed women for a fictional "Slay Mate Magazine" (a parody of Playboy).
Matt has retired from being a spy and now lives like Hugh Hefner as he surrounds himself with beautiful woman.
The movie is a strange mixture or genres and switches between parody and brutal espionage thriller in which characters are killed. There are also musical numbers and Matt (Dean Martin) semi-narrates the movie through song fragments. The movie is also a cutting-edge 1960s sex comedy with scantily clad women with double entendre names. The movie opens with a strip tease that fades before showing any taboo bits.
This is the first of a series of four Matt Helm films followed by; Murderers' Row (1966), The Ambushers (1967), The Wrecking Crew (1969).
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''The Silencers'' is a 1966spy spoof riding the wave of spy films following the success of the ''Film/JamesBond'' series.
Thefilm is a vehicle for musical comedian star directed by Phil Karlson and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage). The cast also includes starring Music/DeanMartin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, James Gregory, Creator/VictorBuono, Cyd Charisse, and Arthur O'Connell, Robert Webber, Creator/JamesGregory, Beverly Adams.
Adams, and Creator/CydCharisse. It's the third entry in a series of American comedic SpyFiction films featuring Martin as secret agent Matt Helm, a spoof of Franchise/JamesBond.
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The movie is a strange mixture or genres and switches between parody and brutal espionage thriller in which characters are killed. There are also musical numbers andMatt (Dean Martin) Martin semi-narrates the movie through song fragments. The movie is also a cutting-edge 1960s sex comedy with scantily clad SexComedy featuring scantily-clad women with double entendre names. The movie opens with a strip tease that fades before showing any taboo bits.
This is the first of a series of four Followed by three other Matt Helm films followed by; Murderers' Row films: ''Murderers' Row'' (1966), The Ambushers ''Film/TheAmbushers'' (1967), The Wrecking Crew (1969).and ''Film/TheWreckingCrew'' (1968).
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* LighterAndSofter: Like the literary Bond, Matt Helm in the novels was a cold-blooded killer, but ExecutiveMeddling turned the character into a movie Bond spoof.
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The film is a vehicle for musical comedian star and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage). The cast also includes Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, James Gregory, Victor Buono, Creator/VictorBuono, Cyd Charisse, and Beverly Adams.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Gail's ill-fated attempt to get away from Matt during a storm; she ends up flailing in a pool of mud and comes back covered in gunk.
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* BloodlessCarnage: The InTheBack deaths of Barbara and Sarita produce no blood from their fatal wounds; the audience sees only the two neat, black bullet holes in the back of Barbara's shirt, and we're not even shown Sarita's wound at all, much less any blood.
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* DropDeadGorgeous: Each of the bad girls in this film, but Tina most memorably.
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** Barbara is shot by Tina in the back and while the former is making out with Matt.
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* TakeThat: Music/DeanMartin as Matt praises himself as "Everybody Loves Somebody" plays on the radio while deriding fellow Creator/RatPack member Music/FrankSinatra singing "Come Fly With Me" as terrible.
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* InVinoVeritas: Matt gets Gail drunk in hopes that she'll spill what (he thinks) she knows about the nuclear conspiracy. He gets nothing since she is just a clueless civilian caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
* TheKlutz: Much like her spiritual successor [[Film/TheWreckingCrew Freya Carlson]], Gail always causes little amusing accidents that happen to have Matt in the unfortunate end of them; her introduction alone results in Matt getting pool water and a spilled drink on him, for instance.
* {{Malaproper}}: While drunk, Gail tells Matt "I'll table you under the drink!"
* MistakenForSpies: Gail is handed an important tape by the dying Sarita and listens to her last words, causing Matt and Tina to think she's an enemy agent, not helped by the fact that her boyfriend is known to actually be one.
* TheKlutz: Much like her spiritual successor [[Film/TheWreckingCrew Freya Carlson]], Gail always causes little amusing accidents that happen to have Matt in the unfortunate end of them; her introduction alone results in Matt getting pool water and a spilled drink on him, for instance.
* {{Malaproper}}: While drunk, Gail tells Matt "I'll table you under the drink!"
* MistakenForSpies: Gail is handed an important tape by the dying Sarita and listens to her last words, causing Matt and Tina to think she's an enemy agent, not helped by the fact that her boyfriend is known to actually be one.
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The Silencers is a spy spoof riding the wave of spy films following the success of the James Bond series.
The film is a vehicle for musical comedian star and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage).
The Silencers is based on a 1962 spy novel by Swedish born American writer Donald Hamilton (1916-2006). The cast of the movie also includes Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, James Gregory, Victor Buono, Cyd Charisse, and Beverly Adams.
The Silencers is loosely based upon and takes its title from the 1962 novel “The Silencers” by Donald Hamilton, and also adapts elements of Hamilton's first Matt Helm novel, “Death of a Citizen” (1960).
In the “Death of a Citizen” Matt Helm is a retired World War II spy who now works as a professional wildlife photographer who is suddenly called back into service to work for the American government.
In the film much of his back story has been dropped although it is not completely forgotten. In the movie Matt Helm is photographer of scantly dressed women for a fictional “Slay Mate Magazine” (a parody of Playboy).
The film is a vehicle for musical comedian star and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage).
The Silencers is based on a 1962 spy novel by Swedish born American writer Donald Hamilton (1916-2006). The cast of the movie also includes Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, James Gregory, Victor Buono, Cyd Charisse, and Beverly Adams.
The Silencers is loosely based upon and takes its title from the 1962 novel “The Silencers” by Donald Hamilton, and also adapts elements of Hamilton's first Matt Helm novel, “Death of a Citizen” (1960).
In the “Death of a Citizen” Matt Helm is a retired World War II spy who now works as a professional wildlife photographer who is suddenly called back into service to work for the American government.
In the film much of his back story has been dropped although it is not completely forgotten. In the movie Matt Helm is photographer of scantly dressed women for a fictional “Slay Mate Magazine” (a parody of Playboy).
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The film is a vehicle for musical comedian star and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and
The Silencers is based on a 1962 spy novel by Swedish born American writer Donald Hamilton (1916-2006).
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* InTheBack: Nancy Kovack and Cyd Charisse each get it in this way.
* DeadlyHug: Nancy Kovack as Barbara when she's kissing Matt, ready to stab him, but Tina shoots her. Also, Tina (Dahliah Lavi) sort of does when she's hugging Matt in the bedroom of the bomb shelter, and rips off one of his exploding buttons. Matt throws her aside, she throws the button away, and it goes off, mortally wounding her.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Invoked by Barbara (Nancy Kovack), when she borrows one of Matt's tuxedos shirts, and stands in his bathroom, wearing it, her shoes and pantyhose, and nothing else.
* DropDeadGorgeous: Each of the bad girls in this film, but Nancy Kovack most memorably.
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** Barbara is shot by Tina in the back and the former is making out with Matt.
** Sarita is shot in the back in the middle of performing a dance show.
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* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: The credits play over a show of various women dancing and stripping. One takes her top off and the movie's title covers her breasts.
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* DeadlyHug: Nancy Kovack as Barbara when she's Kissing kissing Matt, ready to stab him, but Tina shoots her. Also, Tina (Dahliah Lavi) sort of does when she's hugging Matt in the bedroom of the bomb shelter, and rips off one of his exploding buttons. Matt throws her aside, she throws the button away, and it goes off, mortally wounding her.
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* DeadlyHug: Nancy Kovack as Barbara when she's Kissing Matt, ready to stab him, but Tina Shoots her. Also, Tina (Dahliah Lavi) sort of does when she's hugging Matt in the bedroom of the bomb shelter, and rips off one of his exploding buttons. Matt throws her aside, she throws the button away, and it goes off, mortally wounding her.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Invoked by Barbara (Nancy Kovack), when she borrows one of Matt's tuxedos shirts, and stands in his bathroom, wearing it, er shoes and pantyhose, and nothing else.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Invoked by Barbara (Nancy Kovack), when she borrows one of Matt's tuxedos shirts, and stands in his bathroom, wearing it, er shoes and pantyhose, and nothing else.
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* DeadlyHug: Nancy Kovack as Barbara when she's Kissing Matt, ready to stab him, but Tina Shoots shoots her. Also, Tina (Dahliah Lavi) sort of does when she's hugging Matt in the bedroom of the bomb shelter, and rips off one of his exploding buttons. Matt throws her aside, she throws the button away, and it goes off, mortally wounding her.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Invoked by Barbara (Nancy Kovack), when she borrows one of Matt's tuxedos shirts, and stands in his bathroom, wearing it,er her shoes and pantyhose, and nothing else.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Invoked by Barbara (Nancy Kovack), when she borrows one of Matt's tuxedos shirts, and stands in his bathroom, wearing it,
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This is the first of a series of four Matt Helm films followed by; Murderers' Row (1966), The Ambushers (1967), The Wrecking Crew (1969).
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!!Tropes in ''The Silencers'' include:
* InTheBack: Nancy Kovack and Cyd Charisse each get it in this way.
* DeadlyHug: Nancy Kovack as Barbara when she's Kissing Matt, ready to stab him, but Tina Shoots her. Also, Tina (Dahliah Lavi) sort of does when she's hugging Matt in the bedroom of the bomb shelter, and rips off one of his exploding buttons. Matt throws her aside, she throws the button away, and it goes off, mortally wounding her.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Invoked by Barbara (Nancy Kovack), when she borrows one of Matt's tuxedos shirts, and stands in his bathroom, wearing it, er shoes and pantyhose, and nothing else.
* DropDeadGorgeous: Each of the bad girls in this film, but Nancy Kovack most memorably.
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!!Tropes in ''The Silencers'' include:
* InTheBack: Nancy Kovack and Cyd Charisse each get it in this way.
* DeadlyHug: Nancy Kovack as Barbara when she's Kissing Matt, ready to stab him, but Tina Shoots her. Also, Tina (Dahliah Lavi) sort of does when she's hugging Matt in the bedroom of the bomb shelter, and rips off one of his exploding buttons. Matt throws her aside, she throws the button away, and it goes off, mortally wounding her.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Invoked by Barbara (Nancy Kovack), when she borrows one of Matt's tuxedos shirts, and stands in his bathroom, wearing it, er shoes and pantyhose, and nothing else.
* DropDeadGorgeous: Each of the bad girls in this film, but Nancy Kovack most memorably.
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The Silencers is a spy spoof riding the wave of spy films following the success of the James Bond series.
The film is a vehicle for musical comedian star and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage).
The Silencers is based on a 1962 spy novel by Swedish born American writer Donald Hamilton (1916-2006). The cast of the movie also includes Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, James Gregory, Victor Buono, Cyd Charisse, and Beverly Adams.
The Silencers is loosely based upon and takes its title from the 1962 novel “The Silencers” by Donald Hamilton, and also adapts elements of Hamilton's first Matt Helm novel, “Death of a Citizen” (1960).
In the “Death of a Citizen” Matt Helm is a retired World War II spy who now works as a professional wildlife photographer who is suddenly called back into service to work for the American government.
In the film much of his back story has been dropped although it is not completely forgotten. In the movie Matt Helm is photographer of scantly dressed women for a fictional “Slay Mate Magazine” (a parody of Playboy).
Matt has retired from being a spy and now lives like Hugh Hefner as he surrounds himself with beautiful woman.
The movie is a strange mixture or genres and switches between parody and brutal espionage thriller in which characters are killed. There are also musical numbers and Matt (Dean Martin) semi-narrates the movie through song fragments. The movie is also a cutting-edge 1960s sex comedy with scantily clad women with double entendre names. The movie opens with a strip tease that fades before showing any taboo bits.
This is the first of a series of four Matt Helm films followed by; Murderers' Row (1966), The Ambushers (1967), The Wrecking Crew (1969).
The film is a vehicle for musical comedian star and Rat Pack member Dean Martin in the part of secret Matt Helm agent of I.C.E. (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage).
The Silencers is based on a 1962 spy novel by Swedish born American writer Donald Hamilton (1916-2006). The cast of the movie also includes Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, James Gregory, Victor Buono, Cyd Charisse, and Beverly Adams.
The Silencers is loosely based upon and takes its title from the 1962 novel “The Silencers” by Donald Hamilton, and also adapts elements of Hamilton's first Matt Helm novel, “Death of a Citizen” (1960).
In the “Death of a Citizen” Matt Helm is a retired World War II spy who now works as a professional wildlife photographer who is suddenly called back into service to work for the American government.
In the film much of his back story has been dropped although it is not completely forgotten. In the movie Matt Helm is photographer of scantly dressed women for a fictional “Slay Mate Magazine” (a parody of Playboy).
Matt has retired from being a spy and now lives like Hugh Hefner as he surrounds himself with beautiful woman.
The movie is a strange mixture or genres and switches between parody and brutal espionage thriller in which characters are killed. There are also musical numbers and Matt (Dean Martin) semi-narrates the movie through song fragments. The movie is also a cutting-edge 1960s sex comedy with scantily clad women with double entendre names. The movie opens with a strip tease that fades before showing any taboo bits.
This is the first of a series of four Matt Helm films followed by; Murderers' Row (1966), The Ambushers (1967), The Wrecking Crew (1969).
