The Wrecking Crew (1969) | |
Director(s) | Phil Karlson |
Producer(s) | Irving Allen, Harold F. Kress (associate) |
Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller/Suspense |
Top Topics | Spies |
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The Wrecking Crew (1969) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Phil Karlson and produced by Irving Allen and Harold F. Kress.
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Dean Martin Ogles the Ladies in "The Wrecking Crew"
By Rick29 on Jan 16, 2014 From Classic Film & TV CafeI was in the mood for a guilty pleasure recently and up popped The Wrecking Crew (1968) on TCM. Guilty pleasures don't get much guiltier than this fourth entry in Dean Martin's Matt Helm series. With spy movies all the rage in the 1960s, Columbia tried to posture Helm as a poor man's James Bond, Wel... Read full article
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Quotes from
Matt Helm:
[to Freya] I don't know what you got, but you sure got bad timing.
Matt Helm: [Freya has pushed Lenka into the pool] What make you think she could swim?
Freya Carlson: That was the only way to find out, right?
Freya Carlson: [After falling into a deep pond] It's too deep.
Matt Helm: Too deep, huh?
[She nods]
Matt Helm: I wanna ask you a question. Whose side are you on?
Freya Carlson: Well, I'm an agent. And I also happen to be a good one. And I'm also a woman!
[She storms away]
Matt Helm: It *was* the wig.
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Matt Helm: [Freya has pushed Lenka into the pool] What make you think she could swim?
Freya Carlson: That was the only way to find out, right?
Freya Carlson: [After falling into a deep pond] It's too deep.
Matt Helm: Too deep, huh?
[She nods]
Matt Helm: I wanna ask you a question. Whose side are you on?
Freya Carlson: Well, I'm an agent. And I also happen to be a good one. And I'm also a woman!
[She storms away]
Matt Helm: It *was* the wig.
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Facts about
Film debut (as an extra) of Chuck Norris
Bruce Lee was the martial arts adviser for this film. He also was brought in to train and teach Sharon Tate with her martial arts scenes.
Dean Martin was so distraught over the murder of his The Wrecking Crew co-star and friend Sharon Tate that he abandoned the next already-announced "Matt Helm" motion picture series installment (to be titled "The Ravagers"), and never played the character again.
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Bruce Lee was the martial arts adviser for this film. He also was brought in to train and teach Sharon Tate with her martial arts scenes.
Dean Martin was so distraught over the murder of his The Wrecking Crew co-star and friend Sharon Tate that he abandoned the next already-announced "Matt Helm" motion picture series installment (to be titled "The Ravagers"), and never played the character again.
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