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5 July 1967 (France) moreTagline:
Vaughn! Venice! Vooom!Plot:
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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NOT an U.N.C.L.E. film... moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Robert Vaughn | ... | Bill Fenner | |
| Elke Sommer | ... | Sandra Fane | |
| Felicia Farr | ... | Claire Connor | |
| Karlheinz Böhm | ... | Robert Wahl (as Karl Boehm) | |
| Luciana Paluzzi | ... | Giulia Almeranti | |
| Boris Karloff | ... | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | |
| Roger C. Carmel | ... | Mike Ballard | |
| Edward Asner | ... | Frank Rosenfeld | |
| Joe De Santis | ... | Jan Aarvan | |
| Fabrizio Mioni | ... | Russo | |
| Wesley Lau | ... | Neill Carlson | |
| Bill Weiss | ... | Goldsmith |
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89 min | 89 min (Turner library print)Country:
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MonoFilming Locations:
Venice, Veneto, ItalyFun Stuff
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When I saw this film advertised in my satellite listings mag, it merely said, "The Venetian Affair"...'67...starring Robert Vaughn. Hmm, I thought. I believed I'd SEEN all the "U.N.C.L.E." films - "The Helicopter Spies", "To Trap A Spy", "One Of Our Spies Is Missing", etc. And anyway, the "The...Affair" titles are only for the TV episodes from which the "movies" hail.
So I began to watch it. The first thing I noticed was that it'd been made in scope. This further puzzled me, as the "U.N.C.L.E." "movies" are all in standard ratio, having been culled from TV.
Of course, I now know better. The "Affair" in the title is merely what the producers must at the time have thought was a VERY happy COINCIDENCE, "The Venetian Affair" being the original title of the source novel by Helen MacInnes.
But is it also a coincidence that they chose to star Robert Vaughn and a number of lightweight actors in the film? I suspect NOT. In those days, many people went to see a film solely on the strength of the POSTER (which is why the two "Carry On"s that for contractual reasons did not originally bear the Carry On prefix still did well) so they HAD to know that many would assume it was an "U.N.C.L.E." movie.
Which means that I'm sure many viewers of this film, both on it's original theatrical release and later (if their TV listings mag only featured the basics) were BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED with it.
It might have been better if it had turned out to be a serious and GOOD spy thriller - like "The Naked Runner" (athough those waiting for Sinatra to take off his clothes would have been disappointed too) - but it WASN'T. It was, and still is, SLOW, DREARY and BORING!
I mean, after I'd realised it wasn't an "U.N.C.L.E." romp, I was happy to judge it on its own merit - but it doesn't HAVE any!
Incidentally, I notice that various listings for this piece have it as coming out in 1957 - including THIS august service - whereas it ACTUALLY came out in the GOLDEN year of 1967. I wonder why?