Actors: Dean Martin, Karl Malden, Ann-Margret, James Gregory
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Murderers' Row
When someone begins killing off all of the top spies around the world, wisecracking secret agent Matt Helm (Dean Martin) fakes his own death.
Assigned by I.C.E. chief MacDonald (James Gregory) to find a missing scientist (Richard Eastham), Helm goes undercover in Monte Carlo as a Chicago hood. Teaming up with the scientist's swinging daughter (Ann-Margret), he soon discovers a plot by wealthy madman Julian Wall (Karl Malden) to build a giant death ray that will wipe Washington, D.C. off the map.
Now, Helm must battle a sultry femme fatale (Camilla Sparv), an indestructible, steel-capped assassin (Tom Reese), and Wall's private army to rescue the scientist, the girl, and the world.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Murderers' Row
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 50% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- main char doing spying/sabotage
- Preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Romance
Yes
The terrorist enemy is...
- billionaire/big corp
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Water?
Yes
Island?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 8 (a significant amount)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- frozen
Any profanity?
- None
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
Is this movie based on a
- book
