Silencers
by Phil Karlson
List Price:
Our Price: $2.95
You Save: $12.00 (80%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $1.10 (click here)
Category: VHS Video
See more movie releases
Buy this VHS video movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
VHS Tape Cover Information
Actor: Arthur O'Connell, Daliah Lavi, Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Victor BuonoDirector: Phil Karlson
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 103 minutes
Release Date: 1996-04-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
VHS Movie Reviews of Silencers
Movie Review: Dino and Stella in groovy spy spoof!
Summary: 4 Stars
If you dig Dean Martin, glamorous gals, or groovy gadgets, you'll love THE SILENCERS, the first of Dino's fondly-remembered "Matt Helm" films (based on the series of books by Donald Hamilton).
With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Dean Martin plays Matt Helm, part-time spy and full-time ladies' man, assigned to stop power-mad megalomaniac Tung-Tze (Victor Buono in Asian makeup) from destroying the world with a rogue nuclear missile. Stella Stevens is Gail, a scatterbrained innocent caught up in the action.
Forget about trying to follow the plot, just sit back and revel in the outrageous clothes (designed by Moss Mabry), and the comic skills of Dean Martin and Stella Stevens, who both give sensational performances. Ms Stevens in particular will stun you with her physical comedy and luminous beauty. Dancing legend Cyd Charisse (with singing dubbed by Vikki Carr) performs the Main Title sequence plus "Santiago". The bevy of screen beauties also includes Daliah Lavi, Nancy Kovack, Beverly Adams and Barbara Burgess.
If you get a kick out of the James Coburn "Flint" movies, you'll flip for Dino and Stella in THE SILENCERS! (Single-sided, dual-layer disc).
Summary of Silencers
Austin Powers undoubtedly stole a few moves from Matt Helm, the swinging secret agent embodied by Dean Martin in four intentionally dopey late-'60s movies. The Silencers is the first and best of the bunch--but at that, it's barely a movie. Dino is first seen reclining in his automated bed, and he hardly wakes up for the remainder of the picture. (When a stunt double performs athletic moves in the action scenes, you rub your eyes at the impossibility of Martin moving that quickly.) And yet Matt Helm manages to stave off a nuclear disaster in the southwest desert, the nefarious plot of a Chinese archvillain (Victor Buono). The 007-style gadgets include exploding sportcoat buttons, plus the wet bar in Dino's station wagon--so he can gulp whiskey while he drives. The women are, of course, outrageously sexist playthings, although Stella Stevens remains the most adorable of '60s sex kittens. --Robert HortonAction & Adventure VHS Video
VHS Video Movies
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation VHS Video
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics VHS Video
- Comedy VHS Video
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama VHS Video
- Educational
- Fitness
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror VHS Video
- Kids & Family
- Military & War VHS Video
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports VHS Video
- Television VHS Video
- Westerns VHS Video
Movies most talked about in SENSATIONAL DIVAS OF THE 1950'S
Three Faces of Eve20th Century Fox; Release date: 1993-07-07; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.78
Price in other shops:
Love With the Proper StrangerParamount Home Video; Release date: 1998-01-13; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $59.98
Love Is Better Than EverMGM (Warner); Release date: 1998-09-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $99.00
SilencersSony Pictures; Release date: 1996-04-16; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops:
This Could Be the NightMGM (Warner); Release date: 1993-01-27; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $159.95
Room at the TopUnited Home; Release date: 2001-07-03; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $38.50
Mating GameMGM (Warner); Release date: 1993-01-27; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $44.00
AthenaMGM (Warner); Release date: 1998-09-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $51.90
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); Release date: 1998-09-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.94
Price in other shops:
Of Human Bondage (1964)MGM (Warner); Release date: 1998-09-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $55.00
Similar VHS Movies
Dr. NoDVD
The Incredible Mr. LimpetWarner Brothers; Release date: 2002-10-01; DVD
Best price: $6.48
Price in other shops:
GoldfingerTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-02-06; DVD
Best price: $6.92
Price in other shops:
Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-05-22; DVD
Best price: $5.67
Price in other shops:
The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2005-03-15; DVD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
AmbushersSony Pictures; Release date: 1994-06-21; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $2.95
Price in other shops:
Murderer's RowSony Pictures; Release date: 1994-06-24; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $2.21
Price in other shops:
Wrecking CrewSony Pictures; Release date: 1996-04-16; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $4.92
Price in other shops:
Ultimate Flint Collection (Our Man Flint / In Like Flint)Ultimate; Release date: 2006-11-07; DVD
Best price: $10.83
Price in other shops:
Matt Helm Lounge (The Silencers/ Murderers Row/ The Ambushers/ The Wrecking Crew)Sony; Release date: 2005-12-06; DVD
Best price: $15.98
Price in other shops: