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The Ambushers

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A secret agent (Dean Martin) saves a flying-saucer prototype and its pilot (Janice Rule) in the third of four Matt Helm movies.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Rated: 2/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 Oct 30, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 27, 2005 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 2/5 Jul 16, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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nick s Maybe young people enjoyed this in the 60s but I don't think it stands the test of time. A larky movie that even Dean couldn't take seriously, it tries to wring every sex joke it can out of every situation. Along with all the flirting & skimpy outfits it just becomes a drag. I'll give them a few stars for trying but I wouldn't recommend sitting through it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/27/24 Full Review Don T Fun to watch and a few good laughs but I am happy that I didn't actually pay to see it in in the theater. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Audience Member Well it's a bit of an overkill by now... but Dean went on to make a fourth Matt Helm which I think I voluntarily missed. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Tredje Matt Helm filmen och den är väl ungefär som de tvÃ¥ tidigare fast aningen sämre. Det poppiga sextiotalsmodet är fortfarande det som sticker ut mest och som är mest underhÃ¥llande. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member <a href="http://cooltext.com"><img src="http://images.cooltext.com/1818120.png" alt="My Review " /></a></a> <b><i>"They get you when you're high, they get you when you're low. They get you when you're standing still or else when you're on the go. They're the Ambushers."</b></i> A flying saucer built by the U.S. government is launched into space on a top secret test flight and can only be piloted by a woman. Sheila Sommars is the pilot chosen and all goes well until Jose Ortega uses a secret remote control device to cause the ship to land at his secret base in Mexico. With Sheila posing as his wife, agent Matt Helm is assigned to find the saucer in Mexico where he has to deal with not only Ortega and his henchman Quintana, but also enemy agent Fracesca Madeiros and an Arab agent/assassin named Nassim. I happened to have discovered this old gem from the '60s on a recent television broadcast and liked it. Released on March 1, 1968, <i>The Ambushers</i> has all of the following that made it fun: espionage, scheming villains, an upbeat opening, and sexy women. And let's not forget our hero Helm...Matt Helm. In an incredible acting performance made possible by the late Dean Martin, he sure was a suave secret agent who was a powerful competitor to another agent popular around that same time, James Bond. His costar Janice Rule was a real hot sidekick that even starlets during that '60s never failed to amaze me for their beauty, and that Sheila Sommars character was one of them. <a href="http://s955.photobucket.com/albums/ae34/radboviemiot/Movie%20Posters/?action=view¤t=ambushers02.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae34/radboviemiot/Movie%20Posters/ambushers02.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Overall, I can say that <i>The Ambushers</i> is a great movie with enough action for everybody to see if they are Dean Martin fans, fans of anything from the '60s, or want to be honorary Ambushers. Just after watching this title I discovered that I happened to have seen one of the installments in the Matt Helm series of films, so when I get the chance to watch the others then I'm interested. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member The third Matt Helm movie. Still bad, still fun. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A secret agent (Dean Martin) saves a flying-saucer prototype and its pilot (Janice Rule) in the third of four Matt Helm movies.
Director
Henry Levin
Producer
Irwin Allen
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Meadway-Claude Productions Company
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 15, 2010
Runtime
1h 42m
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