When a couple of dead bodies are found, each victim clutching a counterfeit hundred dollar bill, it becomes more than just a homicide case. This is a British movie, so Scotland Yard sends their agents out to find the counterfeit mob responsible. Yul Brynner is the lead agent, and he has a personal vendetta: the goons sent out to kill him accidentally killed the young girl in love with him instead.
This "undercover secret agent" flick isn't that great, and if you're not already well-versed in the 1960s spy movies, you might be bored to tears. It's pretty dated, and really only for die-hard Yul Brynner fans who want to see every movie where he takes his shirt off - which is pretty much every movie he made, isn't it? There's an entire sequence where the only lead Yul has to go on to find the culprit is "he likes the baths", so he literally goes from one steam room to the next searching for the criminal. It's pretty funny when you think about it, how the screenwriter deliberately thought up a way for Yul to take his clothes off and prance about for an extended period of time. If that's not incentive for you to watch the movie, you're better off skipping it.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. After Yul Brynner says "Keep her on ice for me" there's a POV shot of someone getting punched and falling to the floor, and that will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"
This "undercover secret agent" flick isn't that great, and if you're not already well-versed in the 1960s spy movies, you might be bored to tears. It's pretty dated, and really only for die-hard Yul Brynner fans who want to see every movie where he takes his shirt off - which is pretty much every movie he made, isn't it? There's an entire sequence where the only lead Yul has to go on to find the culprit is "he likes the baths", so he literally goes from one steam room to the next searching for the criminal. It's pretty funny when you think about it, how the screenwriter deliberately thought up a way for Yul to take his clothes off and prance about for an extended period of time. If that's not incentive for you to watch the movie, you're better off skipping it.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. After Yul Brynner says "Keep her on ice for me" there's a POV shot of someone getting punched and falling to the floor, and that will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"