The Ambushers (film)
| The Ambushers | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis |
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| Directed by | Henry Levin |
| Produced by | Irving Allen |
| Written by | Donald Hamilton (novel) Herbert Baker (screenplay) |
| Starring | Dean Martin Senta Berger |
| Music by | Herbert Baker Hugo Montenegro |
| Cinematography | Edward Colman, ASC Burnett Guffey, ASC |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 1967 |
| Running time | 102 min |
| Country | United States |
The Ambushers is a 1967 spy comedy film filmed in Acapulco starring Dean Martin, Senta Berger and Janice Rule. It is loosely based upon the novel of the same title by Donald Hamilton.
The film was the third of four produced in the late 1960s starring Martin as secret agent Matt Helm. It followed The Silencers and Murderers' Row and like those earlier films followed the approach of being a spoof of the James Bond film series rather than a straight adaptation of Hamilton's novel. It was followed by one more, The Wrecking Crew in 1969.
This film is generally considered the weakest of the four Helm films, and is cited in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time by Harry and Michael Medved.
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[edit] Plot
When a government-built flying saucer is hijacked mid-flight by Jose Ortega, the exiled ruler for an outlaw nation, secret agent Matt Helm and the ship's former pilot Sheila Sommars are sent to recover it.
Along the way, they must deal with Ortega's henchmen, Francesca Madeiros (an operative for Helm's main nemesis Big O), who poses as a model and seduces Helm, an assassin named Nassim, plus a tough thug named Rocco.
[edit] Music
Hugo Montenegro became the third composer in as many films to do the score for the series. He wrote (along with Herbert Baker who worked on Murderer's Row) the theme song, "The Ambushers," which featured the vocals of Boyce & Hart, two of the songwriters from Murderer's Row. Montenegro went on to compose the score solo for the next Matt Helm film, The Wrecking Crew.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Dean Martin | Matt Helm |
| Senta Berger | Francesca Madeiros |
| Janice Rule | Sheila Sommers |
| James Gregory | MacDonald |
| Albert Salmi | Jose Ortega |
| Kurt Kasznar | Quintana |
| Beverly Adams | Lovey Kravezit |
| John Brascia | Rocco |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- The Ambushers at the Internet Movie Database
- original film trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSrHlnT5nIQ&feature=related
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