Main Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Rip Torn, Dorothy Provine, Leo G. Carroll
Release Year: 1966
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
Plot
This feature-length espionage thriller is an expanded version of an episode of the TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. entitled "The Alexander the Great Affair." Mr. Alexander (Rip Torn) is a power-hungry multi-millionaire who wants to take over the world from his compound in Greece, with Alexander the Great serving as his role model. Alexander starts his bid for world domination in a small but strategically crucial Asian nation, where he plans to assassinate the President and render his chain of command helpless with a chemical weapon that destroys a person's will to win. International agents Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) are sent out to stop him, while Alexander's wife Tracey (Dorothy Provine) has her own ideas of how to deal with him. The original airing of "The Alexander The Great Affair" led off the second (and most popular) season of the TV series; the theatrical release of One Spy Too Many proved somewhat less successful. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Review
Fans of 1960's TV classic The Man from U.N.C.L.E. should thoroughly enjoy One Spy Too Many, a feature made from combining a 2-part episode and which was released in theatres in Europe and some other overseas markets. Its television origins are clear; sets and lighting are clearly not up to the standards of a major studio theatrical release, and there are clear "commercial coming up" climaxes scattered throughout. However, the writing has the same fun, adventurous style that one expects from the series (especially before it entered its "spoof" phase, when the tone changed from fun to silly). If the plot is a bit far-fetched and if some of it doesn't make sense, it's still enjoyable -- especially the subplot in which Robert Vaughn is amusingly manipulated by a female colleague into thinking they have a romantic history. (That female colleague is fetchingly played by Yvonne Craig, better known to many for her role as Batgirl on the Batman TV series). Vaughn and co-star David McCallum are their usual entertaining selves, displaying a unique chemistry. Dorothy Provine is a bit annoying as the admittedly-annoying wife of Rip Torn, but Torn is tremendous fun as the man who would conquer the world. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide
Yvonne Craig - Maude Waverly; David Opatoshu - Kavon; Donna Michelle - Princess Nicole; Leon Lontoc - Gen. Bon Phouma; Robert Karnes - Col. Hawks; Clarke Gordon - Claxon; James Hong - Prince Phanong; Cal Bolder - Ingo Lindstrum; Teru Shimada - President Sing-Mok; Arthur Wong Ngok Tai - Gen. Man Phang; Robert Gibbons - Farrell; David Sheiner - Paviz
