Terrific! Been trying to see this in its correct format like this for ages, and all I could find was an unwatchable cropped 4:3 version. Thank you! This has now put me in the mood for another terrific spy thriller: The Quiller Memorandum, 1966, which is on KZbin and well worth watching!
@robynheavner46892 ай бұрын
Stephen Boyd another favorite! Thank you for this!
@shankarbalan38132 ай бұрын
Lovely old film. A world gone by and a time gone away.
@jjll0882 ай бұрын
Thank you, I’ve been looking for this movie for decades, since the opening scene with a Barbie Doll was my only memory of watching it in my toddler years ❤
@scottashe9842 ай бұрын
Your welcome and thank you for your service.
@admiralyisoonshin49952 ай бұрын
😊🎉🎉🎉
@minoosethna46152 ай бұрын
Never seen it. A shame
@minoosethna46152 ай бұрын
Fantastic. Thanks guys.
@FlipDahlenburg2 ай бұрын
Yeah, Barbie was a lot hotter back then before she got fat!
@spankyharland98452 ай бұрын
great little movie, Assignment K, also known as Department K, if they named it Preparation K I still would have watched it....Stephen Boyd was such a good actor to watch....at several scenes in the movie, he almost looked like Roger Moore in a James Bond moment.
@ericthered760Ай бұрын
This almost reminds me of the ski scenes in The Pink Panther, and it was shot just a few years after. Stephen Boyd (real name Billy Millar) was in major films like Ben Hur. Another spy flick he did several years before this one is: The Man Who Never Was, based on a true spy story from World War II.
@HawaiiJetboat2 ай бұрын
Good to see Boyd in a leading role. Looks like he healed up nicely 10 years after being run over by Ben Hur's chariot.
@NoosaHeadsАй бұрын
I was 16 when this came out. Austria and Germany were exactly like they are portrayed in this film. England was more "swinging" but Austria and (many parts of) Germany generally looked far more, clean, ordered, tidy and elegant. Even at 16, I could see that England was headed to become a bit of a dump. It's heyday was between 1963 and 1969. Come the early 70s, it seemed to take a rapid downturn. Now, London and many parts of England look like middens.
@kiviuq15522 ай бұрын
What a great film. Thank you!
@paulmurphy4222 күн бұрын
Possibly the best definition version of this film on YT
@dwbiggly69072 ай бұрын
1st time seeing this. IMHO one of the best of this genre of films I have seen. Good sound and lighting and very believable characters,👏👏
@georgekouremenos5962 ай бұрын
What a cast! Nerdy laugh from Boyd, very nice music, Sir Micheal redgrave, beautiful Swedes! What a gem of a film, that makes forget the plot (there is a plot deep inside). A hip, mod, great film. And in case you are wondering, that tall blond spy, with the red ski, is Jeremy Kemp, the German General Streck in Top Secret! LOVE THE FILM. DON'T MISS IT. Hope that there is a better resolution copy, somewhere. Edit: Found it in Bluray!
@frankfarago28252 ай бұрын
Man, back in the early 1960s in Hungary, it seems like one out of every 5 British tourists was an MI6 spy. The cops busted on right in our apartment building in Buda.
@McCabesMemorials2 ай бұрын
It was more like one in four in East Germany
@thatguyinelnorteАй бұрын
The trick was not to be a Pest...
@KK-qc5ct2 ай бұрын
Poor Steven Boyd.... he had less than a decade to live after this.... having died of a massive coronary in 1977.
@McCabesMemorialsАй бұрын
@@KK-qc5ct not a big innings but will live indefinitely on the silver screen
@YogZab2 ай бұрын
This is a lot of fun. The 'time capsule' is fab!
@SpaceCadete1012 ай бұрын
I love how the old woman doesn't even get a head shot when she speaks but the young girl gets one while the old lady speaks instead.
@RebeccaTurner-ny1xxАй бұрын
Male director & cinematographer.
@TheodoreAndorАй бұрын
Beautiful movies...all european actors. Awesome
@jeaniebottle67582 ай бұрын
This is a great spy movie, full of fantastic actors. TY 4 upload.
@todchristopher124Ай бұрын
One of my favorite spy movies. An excellent cast.
@leestamm3187Ай бұрын
I remember seeing this one when it was first released. Kind of mediocre, but pretty locations and Camilla Sparv was always nice to watch.
@claudemontezin9113 күн бұрын
Great film!!! Thank you so much.
@naiad4732 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this film. Love the fashions, cars and sets. Thank you.
@Dave-sw2dmАй бұрын
Never heard of it or any of the actors. Enjoyed it, and it kept me guessing.
@ginogennaroalonso10672 ай бұрын
The doll Barbie....miss Camila sparv. 2024.🇬🇧🇦🇹🇩🇪👌
@G7VFY2 ай бұрын
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Routine spy thriller, unimaginatively scripted and directed. The entirely conventional settings include the inevitable night clubs, expensive hotels and ski slopes (where the travelling matte is much in evidence). Stephen Boyd is bland and wooden as the toy tycoon/spy; Camilla Sparv has little to do but look alluring; and Leo McKern and Michael Redgrave appear fleetingly and to little effect. The plot meanders from dull beginning to dull end with nothing of interest in between."[5]
@RobertStack-j4j22 күн бұрын
Amazingly harsh review
@RobertStack-j4j22 күн бұрын
I’d love to see the reviews from all old movies before watching
@johngriffin74132 ай бұрын
Good movie!
@pcchak7864 күн бұрын
Thanks for uploading
@Firebrand552 ай бұрын
Stephen Boyd should have been Richard Burton...and vice-versa
@Retroscoop2 ай бұрын
Careful you might end up with Richard Boyd and Stephen Burton with confusing orders for these frivolous three Greek Fates.
@simonbertioli469612 күн бұрын
Great film with an excellent twist at the end...
@thomasthomas24182 ай бұрын
52:34; "Nnnglaugh..."" Best line of the movie.
@nonenoneonenonenone2 ай бұрын
Excellent entertainment. If Putin ever steps down, he can play the bad guy in such a movie.
@raphaelandrews361723 күн бұрын
This was a lot like a James Bond movie except without 007 but all the main spy characters are there.
@basiclawprofАй бұрын
Refreshing movie
@DavidVolz-xz7blАй бұрын
Looks magical
@michaelparks5669Ай бұрын
Steven Boyd would have been a good James Bond.
@spockboy2 ай бұрын
Stephen Boyd was a great actor.
@RebeccaTurner-ny1xxАй бұрын
"The biggest mystery may be what classy actors like Michael Redgrave (as Harris), Leo McKern (as Smith), Jeremy Kemp (as Hal) and Jane Merrow (as Martine) are doing stranded in this mediocre espionage stuff here." (Derek Winnert review)
@pressureworks2 ай бұрын
Brief Description: Nothing much actually hr. Random scenes of nothing happening at all are edited together
@stevenbanowich80892 ай бұрын
Good film love the music like Steve boyd😊
@basiclawprofАй бұрын
A little disappointed that Philip lost a fist fight to Mr. Bean at 56 minutes....
@zeddybear2572 ай бұрын
“Grown men playing cops and robbers…” is accurately the problem. They don’t grow up do they? Fun movie.
@sammywestenberger93032 ай бұрын
Phillip: Hello 👋
@mygreatbigfoot16792 ай бұрын
Before Leo was number 2.
@davidsigalow7349Ай бұрын
This film WAS No. 2.
@davidsigalow7349Ай бұрын
We tried, but could not finish this one. Too much skiing; not enough espionage.
@camtoufan37042 ай бұрын
Is this a spy movie or a travel documentary?
@FlipDahlenburgАй бұрын
The original Bond novels were both.
@SpaseNastov29 күн бұрын
Nestrov Spase USA Bul Bul is good man
@gregatkinson72762 ай бұрын
I was excited at first to find this channel when I seen how many videos were here......then realized that few full movies are here and mostly just worthless little clips. No good!
@frankfarago28252 ай бұрын
A James Bond type of a ski chase -- this ain't. Interesting how they filmed the ski gondola and ski sequence at the same Austrian town where they filmed the gondola sequence in the same year for "Where Eagles Dare." Overall, this is basically a B-minus flick. Photography is okay, script is worthless, acting is direly lacking. During some of the dialog scenes, the music is so loud you hear no discourse. Like I said -- a B-minus. Did I hear anyone holler "C-plus"?
@nonenoneonenonenone2 ай бұрын
Stupid assessment. It was very good, very well done. And not all clichees.
@TgSunny-i8u2 ай бұрын
This💯 is a good movie🎥🍿
@bsastarfire2502 ай бұрын
1967.
@keithnaylor19812 ай бұрын
Sadly this beautiful scene is spoilt at 20:52 as Boyd follows the drama school rule and does a completely unnatural ‘always-turn-to-face-the-camera’ move instead of just turning his head to the left.
@mr292 ай бұрын
52:36 tough break hero. Pleasant dreams...
@dunhillsupramk3Ай бұрын
wait a min, in the ski buying scene the sales man was really trying to push plastic skis as "luxury"?? lol
@dozerthelab2 ай бұрын
Camilla Sparv had little to do but look alluring and she did so exquisitely.
@marcingrynberg3641Ай бұрын
Smoking in a hospital. They were quite short of data... 🤭
@stevenbanowich80892 ай бұрын
Paul siegler the scene were he wakes up in hospital bed after crash is it the actor who played Robinson crusoe in the 60s tv series :?
@paulmurphy422 ай бұрын
Yes.
@fuglbird2 ай бұрын
The music is terrible. They had so many good composers in the sixties. Why use Basil Kirchin?
@josegregoriogonzalezgonzal322522 күн бұрын
La traducción es PESIMA!!?
@SpaseNastov29 күн бұрын
Nestrov Spase El Salvador Bul Bul is a good man
@francoisdemiras97112 ай бұрын
Superbe 👍
@seankiely14915 күн бұрын
Who about prepration H.. watching from planet hemorid..
@keithnaylor19812 ай бұрын
Surprise - it’s Robinson Crusoe!
@ianeccles111Ай бұрын
He's a rubbish agent when he didn't even knows he was under surveillance.
@ioriedwards75548 күн бұрын
I'M not a Stephen Boyd fan. CERTAINLY NOT IN THIS KIND OF FILM. HE'S MORE SUITED FOR THE OLD BIBLICAL FILMS, as a Roman soldier/gladiator such as Ben Hur,just like Charlton Heston, he looks out of place wearing a suit, unless it's made of armour, or cowboy clothing
@Retroscoop2 ай бұрын
Fairly good original sound track, the ski track parts were not particularly interesting, except the light parade at night. The storytelling only develops slowly and isn't terribly surprising. You'll watch till the end, it's a bit too silly to be serious, and too serious or not silly enough to be James Bond. A level movies would include The spy who came in from the cold, IPCRESS file (for quite different reasons), The Naked Runner etc. This one I'd rate a good B movie, nothing more nothing less. But then again I might be prejudiced because one of the ladies in the beginning of the movie said something not very flattering about bald men. She prefered the hairy cardboard one in stead of the pleasant bald man. Women... :0))) They'll never learn.
@nonenoneonenonenone2 ай бұрын
I can think of no other story involving totally independent agents, and the "other side" was never identified in particular.
@None-zc5vg2 ай бұрын
'Learn'? they don't need to learn anything since deception is wired fundamentally into their personalities. These pictures were deliberately made in a '60s 'hip' way: if you want to see real crap, see the Matt Helm and Frank Sinatra efforts.
@fooltharc7377Ай бұрын
That has to be the worst haircut ever that Stephen Boyd got in his whole life.
@SpaseNastov29 күн бұрын
Nestrov Spase Great Britain Bul Bul is bad man
@geertwittemans49372 ай бұрын
CHARADE look a like?
@nickfraser422Күн бұрын
sorry about the ending
@SpaseNastov29 күн бұрын
Nestrov Spase Kosovo Bul Bul is a good man
@david-joeklotz9558Ай бұрын
This is a dreadful knock-off of James Bond
@SpaseNastov29 күн бұрын
Nestrov Spase Albania Bul Bul is a bad man
@richardshiggins7047 сағат бұрын
Awful ! Stilted 60s acting with a crap plot and dialogue . Wasted 31:36 minutes of my life !
@miguellogistics984Ай бұрын
Wow. she is fabulous, and I do not like svelte women.
@JeffreyHand-o9t2 ай бұрын
Stephen Boyd was the second most dislikable British actor of the 1950s and 60s. Laurence Harvey has first place.
@frankfarago28252 ай бұрын
Poor Steven Boyd.... he had less than a decade to live after this.... having died of a massive coronary in 1977.
@KK-qc5ct2 ай бұрын
Man, back in the early 1960s in Hungary, it seems like one out of every 5 British tourists was an MI6 spy. The cops busted on right in our apartment building in Buda.
@KK-qc5ct2 ай бұрын
A James Bond type of a ski chase -- this ain't. Interesting how they filmed the ski gondola and ski sequence at the same Austrian town where they filmed the gondola sequence in the same year for "Where Eagles Dare." Overall, this is basically a B-minus flick. Photography is okay, script is worthless, acting is direly lacking. During some of the dialog scenes, the music is so loud you hear no discourse. Like I said -- a B-minus. Did I hear anyone holler "C-plus"?
@Retroscoop2 ай бұрын
I didn't notice loud music, the acting was somewhat cardboard yes and the laughter of the lead actor somewhat silly. B without a plus or minus.
@None-zc5vg2 ай бұрын
You're too generous: go on and give it a 'Z double minus.