Deadlier Than the Male (1967) YTS

Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

A poor attempt to copy Bond mania, this

A poor attempt to copy Bond mania, this knock-off thinks killing people in novel ways and an agent in a Rolls-Royce convertible spells success........ It does not. But for pure retrospective interest in the era, constuming and sets, it is a time capsule look at a late sixties era never to be replicated for sure. [img]http://www.rarecultcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/deadlier-418x215.png[/img] PLOT: When a top oil executive dies mysteriously aboard his private jet, the company's board suspects foul play and hires Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to investigate. Attempts on his own life lead him to believe two lovely females are "hit men" for an international crime syndicate. [img]http://dcairns.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/vlcsnap-3456408.png[/img] "Deadlier Than the Male is a 1967 British crime and mystery film featuring the character of Bulldog Drummond. It is one of the many take-offs of James Bond produced during the 1960s but based on an established detective fiction hero."--wikipedia The best thing about the movie, besides Elke Sommer, was the title. [img]http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/22/b70-11490[/img] REVIEWS by people like us: 40% I'm a huge fan of the "Bulldog Drummond" series from the thirties and this is the first of two updatings of the character made in the sixties. 70% "Deadlier Than the Male was quite entertaining, definitely a little more campy than the Bond films of the same time period, yet I found myself enjoying... [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DDPzqjNvH50/T_kRp52nEGI/AAAAAAAAJb0/q6vxDLTuz7Y/s640/Deadlier_Than_the_Male_OS_poster_US.jpg[/img] NOTES: 1 The title is a reference to the 1911 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Female of the Species," which includes the line, "The female of the species must be deadlier than the male".... 2 In an interview, director Ralph Thomas stated that the film was intended as a pilot for a television series. It was filmed in three months with Thomas admitting he did it for "greed". [it couldn't have been for artistic value-- M.Rick] [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNJAoxjfzmciPvutKp7eB3yfSsmL2afXvWuDdKr13zIKVmgvIbSA[/img] Insurance inspector Drummond as Bond wanna-be Cast Richard Johnson as Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond Elke Sommer as Irma Eckman Sylva Koscina as Penelope Nigel Green as Carl Petersen Suzanna Leigh as Grace Steve Carlson as Robert Drummond Virginia North as Brenda Justine Lord as Miss Peggy Ashenden Leonard Rossiter as Henry Bridgenorth Laurence Naismith as Sir John Bledlow Zia Mohyeddin as King Fedra Lee Montague as Boxer Milton Reid as Chang Yasuko Nagazumi as Mitsouko Didi Sydow as Anna George Pastell as Carloggio Dervis Ward as Henry Keller John Stone as David Wyngarde William Mervyn as Chairman of the Phoenician Board [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvlOKNmdSaw_bB445A9vuDDFU385e8S6xLcEsbC9XWKOEj5cre[/img] Directed by Ralph Thomas Produced by Betty E. Box Sydney Box Written by Liz Charles-Williams David D. Osborn Jimmy Sangster Music by Malcolm Lockyer title song performed by The Walker Brothers Cinematography Ernest Steward Editing by Alfred Roome Distributed by J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors Release dates 21 February 1967 (London, premiere) Running time 98 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English SEE the entire film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViY7CR2TSO8 [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKFWkNmZgV8IBXYpbX4Awqj7CSjvVcQht4Nmbw7dxK9q-7cw1Q[/img]

Reviewed by bill t 7 / 10

The big criticism I have about this is

The big criticism I have about this is this is NOT a Bulldog Drummond movie. It's only by name. They've changed everything about him, they dropped his best friend Algee, his occupation (a retired army captain), his girlfriend.. now he's an insurance investigator, single, and is hired to investigate a series of fishy 'accidents" for claims purposes. This is, for all intent and purposes, a James Bond knockoff. It's a pretty good one, and a huge Austin Powers influence, no doubt about it. But couldn't they pick another name?

Reviewed by george c 8 / 10

Silly, campy 60's sexual exploitation at it's best

Silly, campy 60's sexual exploitation at it's best. Well done genre. Elke Sommer and Slyva Koscina at their best. Bulldog Drummond takes at backseat to this dark comedy to the two lady vixens. Suzanna Leigh has a small but memorable performance. Watch and enjoy.

Deadlier Than the Male

1967

Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Deadlier Than the Male

1967

Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

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A poor attempt to copy Bond mania, this

The big criticism I have about this is

Silly, campy 60's sexual exploitation at it's best

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