One for all those Audie Murphy fans (myself included) who keep wishing they could see him in something other than Westerns... Well, serves us right, because little old Aud is hilariously miscast as a James Bond type agent in this cheapie 60s thriller set in Egypt. He doesn't look comfortable in nightclubs, swigging back liquor while in a suit, or making out with sexy dames on the beach. As a matter of fact, he doesn't look comfortable doing anything much in this film, even the action stuff because it seems so sneaky (e.g. breaking into compounds, dressing up in disguise as an Arab) whereas Audie's persona was always more up front.
But what they hey it's only a cheap Bond knock off and the fact it stars Audie gives it a certain odd charm (as does the fact its an Israeli-West German production, which may explain a certain anti-Arab mood). George Sanders, by then firmly in the where's-the-paycheck stage of his career, pops in the support cast, the colour is bright, it has wacky 60s music. It's crap but endearing crap.
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