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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304017623
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304017626
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: April 16, 1996
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 13569
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 18, 1966
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Austin Powers undoubtedly stole a few moves from Matt Helm, the swinging secret agent embodied by Dean Martin in four intentionally dopey late-'60s movies. The Silencers is the first and best of the bunch--but at that, it's barely a movie. Dino is first seen reclining in his automated bed, and he hardly wakes up for the remainder of the picture. (When a stunt double performs athletic moves in the action scenes, you rub your eyes at the impossibility of Martin moving that quickly.) And yet Matt Helm manages to stave off a nuclear disaster in the southwest desert, the nefarious plot of a Chinese archvillain (Victor Buono). The 007-style gadgets include exploding sportcoat buttons, plus the wet bar in Dino's station wagon--so he can gulp whiskey while he drives. The women are, of course, outrageously sexist playthings, although Stella Stevens remains the most adorable of '60s sex kittens. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Dino and Stella in groovy spy spoof!
If you dig Dean Martin, glamorous gals, or groovy gadgets, you'll love THE SILENCERS, the first of Dino's fondly-remembered "Matt Helm" films (based on the series of books by Donald Hamilton).
With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Dean Martin plays Matt Helm, part-time spy and full-time ladies' man, assigned to stop power-mad megalomaniac Tung-Tze (Victor Buono in Asian makeup) from destroying the world with a rogue nuclear missile. Stella Stevens is Gail, a scatterbrained innocent caught ... Read More
Rating:  - Close but not complete!
I didn't see any of the Matt Helm films in the theatre, but the first broadcast network television showing of the Silencers made quite an impression on this young man, mainly due to the striptease opening title sequence involving Cyd Charisse. At the end of the shot, Cyd draws up a zipper from her hip to her armpit, revealing more than just a little leg, but still legal. You can imagine my disappointment on subsequent showings to find that the title sequence had been cut short by the network censors. ... Read More
Rating:  - dated formula movie
Although I had good memories of this movie seeing it as a kid in the theatre, I was very disappointed seeing it again now. The only way its watchable, is to think of how Mike Myers would adapt some of it for Austin Powers later. Unlike the Bond and Flint flicks, this one is sort of a musical with Dino himself singing half a dozen numbers. The action scenes are stupid. Dino has not a single redeeming quality other than the adolescent wisecracks. The effects are extremely cheesy, and I can't even bear to ... Read More
Rating: - After Further Review...
Contrary to what some viewers say, this dvd is not cropped.
The widescreen format is exactly the same throughout the film.
However, it is true that one brief scene involving Stella Stevens has been deleted, probably due to an oversight.
Rating:  - Watching Dino Is Such A Pleasure
Although I think the coolest Matt Helm flick is "Murder's Row, watching Dino in any of his films provides such pleasure. Dino majored in the three B's---Butts, Booze, and Broads and so does this Matt Helm caper. Who cares about plots and subplots when Dino is making the scene. I really like that the DVD includes a preview of the second Helm film at the end. Dino making it with all those chicks is really where it is at! I'm looking forward to the issueing of all 4 Matt Helm films in the box set this ... Read More
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