Murderers' Row (film)

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Murderers' Row
Directed by	Henry Levin
Produced by	Irving Allen Euan Lloyd
Written by	Donald Hamilton (novel) Herbert Baker (screenplay)
Starring	Dean Martin Ann-Margret Karl Malden
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Sam Leavitt
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	1966
Running time	105 min
Country
Preceded by	The Silencers
Followed by	The Ambushers
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Murderers' Row (sometimes spelled Murderer's Row) is the title of a 1966 American comedy-spy-fi motion picture starring Dean Martin and very loosely based upon the Matt Helm spy novel Murderers' Row by Donald Hamilton, which was published in 1962.

The film was the second of four produced in the late 1960s starring Martin as secret agent Matt Helm, and like its predecessor The Silencers, took a much more light-hearted approach to the source material, treating it more as a gadget-laden spoof of James Bond films than Hamilton's original serious spy story.

The film begins with Helm faking is own death in order to track down and kill Dr. Solaris, who has developed a powerful laser beam capable of mass destruction. (The next year's Bond film, You Only Live Twice, would also begin by faking the lead character's demise.)

Co-starring with Martin are Ann-Margret as "Suzie Solaris", Karl Malden as Julian Wall - a villain with a metal nose - and Richard Eastham as Dr. Solaris. Dino, Desi, & Billy, a popular rock and roll group of the day which featured Martin's real-life son, Dean Paul Martin, makes a guest appearance.

Murderers' Row was followed by The Ambushers (1967) and The Wrecking Crew (1969). A fifth film, The Ravagers, was announced but never produced.

[edit] External links

• Murderers' Row at the Internet Movie Database

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