The Girl From Rio – Jess Franco’s Comic Book Romp
The Girl from Rio, the 1960s comic book super villain brought to exotic life by Jess Franco in a high camp classic.
Tag: spy movie
M Appeal: Diana Rigg’s Mysterious German 8mm Movies
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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