The Ambushers

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5.3/10

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Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.

Director
- Henry Levin
Writers
- Donald Hamilton
- Herbert Baker
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Henry Levin
Writers
- Donald Hamilton
- Herbert Baker
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This was Beverly Adams's final appearance as Matt's secretary, Lovey Kravezit.

Goofs
Throughout the entire film you can see the wires that are used to lift things and people up whenever the "anti-gravity ray" is used. This is especially obvious in the scenes where the saucer is brought down to the jungle and when Matt rescues Sheila from the runaway train wagon.

Quotes
[last lines]
Matt Helm: You know, there'll be times when you'll find yourself in a romantic situation with an enemy agent. Now, you've got to just let yourself go. You know, be soft and yielding. A little champagne.
Slaygirl: I don't drink.
Matt Helm: A little love.
Slaygirl: I don't drink.
Matt Helm: Well, soft lights and music - especially music. That'll do it every time. Eh, just relax and now you play close attention.
Slaygirl: You can count on me, sir.
Matt Helm: [Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" plays on the stereo] Nice voice.
[moves in for a kiss]
Slaygirl: I'm sorry Mr. Helm. I guess I'm just not in the mood.
[Matt puts on the next record, which happens to be Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night"]
Slaygirl: Oh, kiss me!
[long kiss]
Matt Helm: Do you really like Perry Como that much?

Crazy credits
Next in view, The Wrecking Crew

Connections
Followed by The Wrecking Crew (1968)

Soundtracks
The Ambushers
Lyrics by Herbert Baker
Music by Hugo Montenegro
Sung by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Courtesy of A&M Records

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Featured review

7/10

oh please

I'd like to know more about the people writing negative reviews of a movie like this: how old are they? were they even alive during the 60s? This movie is a product of a different age. It was a simpler time. You could get away with making movies that had this kind of production values, script and, yes - allusions to rape in an action-comedy notwithstanding - moral values (I'm not saying they're high, they're just an indicator of the time).

Do you watch Charlie Chaplin or Laurel & Hardy and complain about the cinematography? You're watching a movie from the 60s guys - it's a time capsule. It can teach you about what life was like then, because at the time the Matt Helm movies were all completely acceptable and even successful.

I dread to think how you lot would handle a 'Carry On' film - yet they were some of the most successful movies ever made in England. You'd probably brand them sexist, vulgar, childish and uninventive though...duh!