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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381982527
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 06, 2001
Running Time: 204 minutes
Sales Rank: 98123
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: September 15, 1965
Editorial Review:
Description:
Episodes: 'Weight of the World'--Red Chinese scientists attempt to test a bubonic plague-causing virus during a Japanese medical convention on obesity, but secret agents Robinson and Scott perform some spectacular sleight of hand to stop them. Co-Starring Albert Salmi and Marlyn Mason. 'Tigers of Heaven' - An anti-American group in Japan provides a prime target for secret agents Robinson and Scott. Co-Starring Grant Sullivan and Teru Shinada. 'Three Hours on a Sunday Night' - When an army counter-intelligence agent is relieved of some highly important microfilm in Japan, agents Robinson and Scott enter a thieves' world to recover the film. Co-Starring Julie London and Sheldon Leonard. 'Always Say Goodbye' - American secret agents Robinson and Scott try to block Communist plans to sabotage a Japanese-American financial conference, with trouble unexpectedly coming from the American delegate. Co-Starring Kent Smith and Jerry Fujikawa.
Amazon.com:
In the 1960s audiences were crazy for secret agents, and two of the coolest guys to go undercover were found on television's I Spy. Robert Culp and Bill Cosby played a pair of American agents whose cover story was that they were a pair of happy-go-lucky globetrotting athletes following the 'tennis circuit.' The show was considered something of a milestone in the 1960s for having an African American in a lead role, but when viewed decades later what's remarkable about the show is simply how much fun it was. In the four episodes in this package Culp and Cosby run around Hong Kong and Tokyo, looking totally cool in blazers, sneakers, and sunglasses, and their battles with agents working for 'the other guys' always seem to involve beautiful women. The assignments given the unlikely agents, such as finding a foreign agent who is to be traded for an American spy plane pilot, or stopping 'Red China's top scientists' from waging germ warfare, are utterly implausible. But who cares? What counts is that the agents engage in flashy martial arts slugfests with enemy agents, have gun battles in back alleys, and must always ponder the motivations of the aforementioned beautiful women. These programs epitomize escapist entertainment. --Robert J. McNamara
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - What was cool is here to see....
Welcome to a time warp back to the mid 60's.
Rating:  - Some really good co stars in this one
I preface this review by saying I love I Spy and in my eyes both the two very talented and not bad to look at guys can do very little wrong in my eyes.
Yet I am afraid 'weight of the world' does irrate me somewhat. I know it was the 60's and things were different but the female agent is portrayed as a pain in the behind and the communist female agent is shown to succomb to vanity, that said it still is a pretty good offering if a little bit stilted. 'Always say goodbye' is exceptionally good, ... Read More
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