The Silencers (1966)


The Silencers
Release Date18 February 1966
TaglineFollow Matt Helm secret agent from bedroom to bedlam with guns, girls and dynamite!
GenreAction, Comedy
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsDesilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor

The Silencers is the title of an American spy spoof motion picture produced in 1966 and starring Dean Martin as agent Matt Helm. It is only loosely based upon the novel of the same name by Donald Hamilton, as well as another of Hamilton's Helm novels, Death of a Citizen.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Matt Helm

Tung-Tze

Joe Wigman

Sam Gunther

MacDonald

Barbara

Andreyev

Sarita

Lovey Kravezit

Richard Devon
Domino

David Bond
Dr. Naldi

John Reach
Traynor

Robert Phillips
1st Armed Man

John Willis
M.C.

Frank Gerstle
Frazer

Grant Woods
Radio Man

Patrick Waltz
Hotel Clerk

Todd Armstrong
Guard

Barbara Burgess
Slaymate

Cyd Charisse's Singing Voice

Amadee Chabot
Girl

Waitress

Myron Cook
Guard

Bill Couch
Armed Man

John Daheim
Student Guard

Dirk Evans
Armed Man

Robert Glenn
FBI Agent

Sol Gorss
Pilot

Joe Gray
-

Frank Hagney
Drunk

Pat Hawley
Eddie the Bartender

Chuck Hicks
Armed Man

Harry Holcombe
Agent 'X'

Susan Holloway
Slaymate

Thomas Horton
Hunter

Art Koulias
Engineer

Gary Lasdun
Armed Man

Anna Lavele
Specialty Dancer

Grace Lee
Oriental Girl

Karen Lee
Slaymate

Nelson Leigh
Man

Victoria Lockwood
Slaymate

Gay MacGill
Slaymate

Mary Jane Mangler
Specialty Dancer

Gigi Michel
Slaymate

Ray Montgomery
Agent 'C'

Statue

Margie Nelson
Specialty Dancer

Scott Perry
Guard

Pat Renella
Man

Leoda Richards
Older couple at Nightclub

Bruce Ritchey
Hunter

Pamela Rodgers
Slaymate

Cosmo Sardo
Bit Part

Jeffrey Sayre
Older couple at Nightclub

Tom Steele
Guard

Thomas A. Sweet
Guard

Margaret Teele
Slaymate

Slaymate

Specialty Dancer

Glenn Thompson
Student Guard

Marilyn Tindall
Slaymate

Richard Tretter
Guard

Vincent Van Lynn
Agent 'Z'

Robert Ward
Man

Jan Watson
Slaymate

Guy Wilkerson
Farmer

Director

Phil Karlson
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Producer

Donald Hamilton
novels "The Silencers" and "Death of a Citizen"

Oscar Saul
writer

Irving Allen
producer

James Schmerer
associate producer

Original Music

Elmer Bernstein
-

Cinematographer

Editor

Charles Nelson
-

Art Director

Joseph C. Wright

Set Decorator

George R. Nelson
-

Costume Designer

Makeup Department

Virginia Jones
hair stylist

Ben Lane
makeup supervisor

Production Manager

Ralph E. Black
unit production manager

Sergei Petschnikoff
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

James Curtis Havens
second unit director

Clark L. Paylow
assistant director

Sound Department

Lambert E. Day
sound

Charles J. Rice
sound supervisor

Special Effects

Marlowe Newkirk
special effects

Stunts

Bill Couch
stunts

John Daheim
stunts

Sol Gorss
stunts

Joe Gray
stunts

Bob Herron
stunts

Chuck Hicks
stunts

Carey Loftin
stunts

Gil Perkins
stunts

Tom Steele
stunts

Thomas A. Sweet
stunts

Glen Thompson
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Dave Friedman
assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Sy Devore
wardrobe: Dean Martin

Other Crew

Herbert Baker
parodies

Robert Sidney
choreographer

George Barris
car customizer

title designer

Jean-Étienne Siry
poster designer

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Meadway-Claude Productions Company (I) (II)
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Films S.A.

Columbia TriStar Home Video

Esselte Video

Nelonen

Sony Video

Warner-Columbia Films

Miscellaneous

Pacific Title
titles






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The Matt Helm series by Donald Hamilton
Matt Helm (1975)
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