I Spy

TV Series
1965–1968
51m

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7.2/10

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Bill Cosby and Robert Culp in I Spy (1965)

Action Adventure

A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.

Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,351

Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 4 Primetime Emmys
- 5 wins & 23 nominations total

Episodes82

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Trivia
Culp and Cosby improvised most of their banter. They also ended up rewriting much of their dialogue as they were often dissatisfied with the scripts.

Quotes
Alexander Scott: Has anyone told you how good you look in that?
Kelly Robinson: Why, no...
Alexander Scott: Well, if they do, smack 'em in the face real fast, because they're not your friend.

Crazy credits
During the opening credits sequence of many early episodes, scenes from that episode are shown underneath a closeup of Robert Culp's eyes. If you look closely, Culp's facial expressions (concerned, happy, etc.) almost always match the action happening on the screen. Later in the series, a standard set of action/romance/humor scenes was used.

Connections
Featured in A Secret Agent's Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari (1965)

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Review

Featured review

Sad that nothing has touched the originality

I bought the entire series on DVD recently and have spent many evenings watching two or 3 episodes each. While I grew up during the shows original run, I'd only watched a few then. So for a while, due to the invariable trappings of the times it was filmed during, I was taken back a bit. However I was really involved with the adventures and characters of the two main characters (and the venerable Kenneth Tobey as their most frequent handler). This show being compared to any of the numerous other espionage series is not a serious comparison. The location filming and abilities of cast and crew made this as special a show as another series from the same time period that made such an impact on me. Culp and Cosby will forever be unique for a multitude of reasons, together they made a good entertainment greater. Long live "I, Spy".

BP