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January 1st, 2013: The President’s Analyst

Jan1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Espionage, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Satire, Spoof Tagged Arte Johnson, Barry McGuire, CIA, Dyanne Thorne, Godfrey Cambridge, Hank Worden, hippies, James Coburn, KGB, kidnapping, Lalo Schifrin, mastermind, musical interlude, New York City, Pat Harrington Jr., President of the United States, psychologist, Severn Dardin, Soon-Tek Oh, Soviet Union, spies, telephone, telephone company, Washington D.C., Will Geer, William Daniels

December 29, 2013: The Saint (1997)

Dec29 by bellabone

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a TV Show, Chase, Con, Crime, Espionage, Heist, Movie of the Day, Remake, Romance Tagged alias, assumed identity, Boston, Christian Science, Elizabeth Shue, fusion, Leslie Charteris, Mark Twain, Moscow, nineties, oligarchs, Phillip Noyce, Roger Moore, Russian gangsters, saints, Science!, Simon Templar, Val Kilmer

December 26th, 2013: Thunderball

Dec26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Espionage, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sequel, The Original Tagged Adolfo Celi, Albert R. Broccoli, Bernard Lee, Claudine Auger, Desmond Llewelyn, Harry Saltzman, James Bond, John Barry, Lois Maxwell, Luciana Paluzzi, Martine Beswick, Richard Maibaum, Sean Connery, Terrence Young

November 22nd, 2013: Black Belt Jones

Nov22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Comedy, Crime, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "martial arts", "Save the Old X", Alan Weeks, assassination attempt, bar, beach, blackmail, cash-in, Charles B. Pierce, Dennis Coffey, diplomats, dojo, double cross, drugs, Earl Jolly Brown, father, father-daughter relationship, Fred Weintraub, gambling debts, Gloria Hendry, gymnasts, IOU, Jim Kelly, karate, love montage, Luchi De Jesus, Mafia, Malik Carter, Marla Gibbs, militants, montage, Paul M. Heller, pool hall, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, Robert Clouse, Robert Wall, Scatman Crothers, secret agent, sidekick, Sonny Barnes, teacher student relationship, Ted Lange, Warner Brothers

November 18, 2013: In Like Flint (1967)

Nov18 by bellabone

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6 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Camp, Comedy, Crime, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Satire, Space Travel, Spoof Tagged Andrew Duggan, Austin Powers, brainwashing, cryogenic sleep, Derek Flint, dolphins, Gordon Douglas, imposter, James Bond, James Coburn, Jerry Goldsmith, Lee J. Cobb, Leonard Nimoy, misogyny, nuclear threat, Our Man Flint, parody, plastic surgery, President of the United States, resort, Science!, Virgin Islands, world takeover

November 15th, 2013: Live and Let Die (1973)

Nov15 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Thriller Tagged Albert R. Broccoli, alligator, before they were famous, Bernard Lee, Best Original Song Nominee, Britain, Bullshitania, car chases, Caribbean, cash-in, CIA, Clifton James, coffin, cult, cult leader, cultists, David Hedison, double decker bus, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Earl Jolly Brown, fight in a train car, fortune teller, funeral, gadgets, Geoffrey Holder, George Martin, Gloria Hendry, Guy Hamilton, Harlem, Harry Saltzman, heroin, Ian Fleming, island, James Bond, Jane Seymour, Julius Harris, Lois Maxwell, London, MI6, New Orleans, New York City, occult, Paul McCartney, prosthetic arm, racist cops, racists, rednecks, Roger Moore, secret agent, sheriff, speedboat, switchblade, tarot, train, United Nations, Voodoo

November 13th, 2013: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Nov13 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged adultery, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, Canal+, Christmas Party, Ciaran Hinds, Cold War, Colin Firth, double agent, double cross, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, MI6, party, Soviet Union, Soviets, Stephen Graham, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Working Title Films

October 9th, 2013: The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Oct9 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Comedy, Cops, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged asylum, Best Original Song Nominee, blackmail, Blake Edwards, Britain, Burt Kwouk, castle, co-production, Deep Roy, doomsday machine, France, Germany, Henry Mancini, Herbert Lom, hit man, incompetent cops, insanity, Lesley-Anne Down, Oktoberfest, Omar Sharif, Peter Sellers, scientists, secret agent

August 5th, 2013: Beat the Devil (1953)

Aug5 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Black and White, Comedy, Con, Crime, Drama, Espionage, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged Africa, Bernard Lee, bickering married couple, boat, Britain, children of famous people, double cross, Gina Lollabridgia, Humphrey Bogart, Italy, Jennifer Jones, John Huston, ocean, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley, sea voyage, Truman Capote, uranium

June 24th, 2013: An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)

Jun24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Adventure, Arthouse, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Drama, Espionage, Fantasy, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Best Short Film Live Action, Civil War, execution, France, hanging, interrupted execution, low-budget, spy, twist

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