The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series 1966–1967) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The missions of agent April Dancer of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. Creator: Thrush has established a series of "mobile assault teams" that are disrupting operations of U.N.C.L.E. Mark Slate infiltrates one such team and has made recordings that could reveal additional ... 8.8 U.N.C.L.E. tries to persuade a charity worker to accept a position to the throne so a retired gangster does not get it. 8.3 April and Mark infiltrate a youth clinic on Rejuven Isle somewhere in Scandanavia. A Baroness is blackmailing wives of important men and forcing them to pay for the youth injections with top secret ...

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Stars: Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Steve Landesberg A newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato. Stars: Van Williams, Bruce Lee, Wende Wagner Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way. Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines Ann Marie is a struggling actress living in New York City. In between trying to find jobs acting and modeling she has time for her boyfriend, Don Hollinger, and her dad, Lew Marie. Stars: Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell, Lew Parker Two Secret Services agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West. Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey Edit Storyline This spinoff from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." features the adventures of sexy spy April Dancer, who works for an international agency called the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, which is dedicated to protecting the world from evil doers such as those who work for THRUSH.

April's sidekick is the Brit Mark Slate, and their boss is the crusty Mr. Waverly. Written by Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com> 13 September 1966 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 0022 Girl from U.N.C.L.E. See more » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia April Dancer was originally to have been named Cookie Fortune. The name April Dancer is attributed to James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who had suggested the name for an UNCLE operative when he helped in the creation of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) prior to his death. See more » Goofs The map upon Mr. Waverly's office wall contains numerous errors. Among these are the depiction of Canada and Newfoundland as two separate states, the omission of East Pakistan, and the conglomeration of all the states of Indo-China into a country named Siam. This map appears in numerous episodes. See more » Quotes Mother Muffin : What a pity.

[Mother hits Rodney] (Kentucky) – See all my reviews Even by the standards of the 1960s, "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E" is synonymous to me with "bad spin off." "The Man from U.N.C.L.E", a fun and intelligent '60s spy show, did not deserve this kind of treatment. Is it any wonder, after viewing it, that the famous female spy of this decade was Emma Peel from The Avengers and not April Dancer? The lead character, played reasonably well by Stephanie Powers, is April, the first female spy from agency U.N.C.L.E. This sounds typical and fun, if a bit cheesy, but the problem is that April is the Nancy Drew of television characters. Almost every episode ends with April being rescued from evil people by her male partner, Mark Slate. This not only begins to get boring after a while, but it makes April an unsympathetic ditz. Even worse, the plot line of quite a few episodes revolves around April ALMOST GETTING MARRIED to a BAD GUY!!! Of course, the heroic, manly Mark Slate will come by to rescue her at the last minute from this TERRIBLE FATE!!!!

Sure, there is such a thing as a good spin off. This isn't it. Leave this one to collect dust in the corner, and watch the original series. 11 of 28 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. EDIT Welcome to The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. guide at TV.com. Secret agents April Dancer and Mark Slate pit their wits against UNCLE's dastardly enemy THRUSH in their fight to preserve world peace and eradicate despots from around the globe. All this is done with a quirky sense of humour and lashings of 60's style. This weekly show was a spin-off from the highly successful series, 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' However it proved to be less popular and so it was cancelled after one series. Only twenty nine episodes were made. Stefanie Powers and Noel Harrison play Dancer and Slate. Their UNCLE superior, Mr Waverly, is played by Leo G. Carroll.

This was a role he also played in 'The Man From UNCLE' and he was the first actor to be in two series simultaneously. U.N.C.L.E. - BACKGROUND AND HISTORY - THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. Originally published in Epi-Log Journal, issue 13, February 1994 Used with permision from author When The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was at the peak of its popularity during the second season, it seemed only logical to capitalize on that popularity by introducing a spinoff series. Unfortunately, "logical" is a word that never comes to mind when viewing The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Be that as it may, the premise of a show about the adventures of a female U.N.C.L.E. agent was basically a good one. The show itself was, alas, a product of its times and should be viewed in that context. The pilot of The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. made its debut February 25, 1966 on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

in a special episode titled "The Moonglow Affair." Norman Felton picked the name April Dancer from Ian Fleming's original notes for a television spy series; Fleming had used the name for the secretary to Napoleon Solo's boss. The actress selected to play Dancer in the pilot was Mary Ann Mobley, a former Miss America from Mississippi. Dancer was assigned a partner, a character named Mark Slate. Norman Fell played Slate in the pilot. Slate was supposed to be over 40 years old, which was the official age for retirement from field work for U.N.C.L.E. enforcement agents. Dancer was 24, new to field work, and U.N.C.L.E.'s first female enforcement agent. Waverly assigns Slate to "break in" Dancer to field work; we are told he also broke in Napoleon Solo. At their first meeting with Waverly, Dancer raises the issue of Slate's age, but Waverly pretends to ignore her. At the end of the episode, when Waverly sees how well the two work as a team, he agrees to let them continue as partners.

Waverly tells Slate there must be a typographical error in his personnel files because they say he is over 40 and advises Slate to correct it. Although the pilot received favorable ratings, the younger woman-older man pairing was dropped in the final version of the series. Girl, it was decided, would aim to attract a young, hip audience. Mary Ann Mobley, with her soft Southern accent and deferential portrayal of April Dancer, was dropped in favor of Stefanie Powers as a mod '60s April--a change which reflected the rapidly changing styles of the period. With her long red hair and slender build, Powers typified the hip, trendy look that was coming into fashion. Powers' April Dancer wore bright-colored miniskirts, go-go boots, and berets. As for Mark Slate, the producers realized that by making him a fortyish father figure to April Dancer, they were missing a golden opportunity to cash in on young female viewers. Fell was out. Noel Harrison, son of Rex Harrison, was hired to play Slate. Harrison was British--it was very trendy to be British in the heyday of the Beatles--and had a singing career.

His Slate adopted a Carnaby Street look, wearing such popular fashions as corduroy suits, turtlenecks, and jaunty hats. If a young April Dancer was to work with a young Mark Slate, would they be romantically involved? The show made it clear from the start that, although the two liked each other well enough, theirs was more a brother-sister relationship. This freed them to flirt with different characters who turned up in the episodes, but like Solo and Kuryakin, neither had a steady love interest. A third character was brought in, a young man named Randy Kovacks. Kovacks was supposed to be an eager teenager who hung around U.N.C.L.E. headquarters and helped out from time to time--sort of a student intern. Randy Kirby, the son of Durward Kirby, got the part. The character never caught on, however, and Kovacks was dropped after 13 episodes. Leo G. Carroll appeared in the series as Alexander Waverly, continuing his role as head of U.N.C.L.E. for both shows. David Victor produced the pilot episode and went on to be supervising producer of the series.

Douglas Benton was the producer; it was he who hired Powers and Harrison. Norman Felton was executive producer for both Man and Girl. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. made its debut as a weekly series on September 13, 1966, at the beginning of the third season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It ran on Tuesday nights at 7:30 Eastern time on NBC, and had 29 episodes. The first episode was called "The Dog-Gone Affair." It featured as a principal character a dachshund named Putzi. (One wonders how the producers got this name past the watchful eye of the NBC censors.) Aside from a few niggling details--such as how April Dancer could carry a dog with fleas in her arms on a plane and get past customs officials in another country without being stopped--the episode was fairly straightforward. It's one of the few in the series that are. Perhaps the best-known episode of Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is "The Mother Muffin Affair," which featured Boris Karloff as a guest star. Karloff played the villain, Mother Muffin, in drag.

He's wonderful in the role of an ugly old bag in long skirts and furs, more than a little dotty and very, very evil. In the hope of increasing audience interest, two episodes were designed as "crossovers" between Man and Girl. "Mother Muffin" was one, which featured Napoleon Solo working with April Dancer. The other, which ran on Man, paired Illya Kuryakin and Mark Slate. Called "The Galatea Affair," it's popular today for the appearance of guest star Joan Collins in a dual role as Rosy Shlagenheimer, a barroom floozy, and Baroness Bibi de Chasseur, an elegant lady whom Rosy must impersonate. Unfortunately, most of the episodes of The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. were truly dreadful. Comedy overran adventure and drowned any sense of suspense. April Dancer had to be rescued, usually by Mark Slate, from more perils than Pauline. Two favorite plot lines were to get April to impersonate someone else and to rescue her from being forced to marry some oaf.

We rarely saw her get herself out of a situation by her own wits, overcome a bad guy in hand-to-hand combat, or actually act like she knew how to use a gun. In reality (but then, this show bore no resemblance to reality), you had to wonder how a bimbo like the April Dancer we saw in the show ever got through her basic training with U.N.C.L.E., much less kept her job. We can partially forgive the producers for their old-fashioned sexist attitudes on the grounds that, gosh darn, this was the '60s and those attitudes were pretty common then. But viewers who watched April Dancer mince across their television screens could switch to ABC and see Emma Peel in her leather jumpsuit, karate chopping the bad guys on The Avengers, during that same period. Camp was the rage, and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. was camp to the hilt. Boris Karloff in drag as Mother Muffin was certainly camp. Dancer and Slate paraded the latest fashions and teased one another. Sure, the bad guys were evil, but they were hardly threatening.

In a show this silly, viewers knew there wouldn't be any chance of characters they cared about getting killed. Fans of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. today, when they're not blaming Batman for dragging their favorite show down, blast The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. for carrying over that influence of silliness into the parent show. The 1966-67 television season--the third for Man, the only one for Girl--is one that most U.N.C.L.E. fans would prefer to forget. Mercifully, Girl was canceled after the one season, and Man returned to the serious action-adventure of its original premise. Stefanie Powers went on to do more successful programs in television, including Hart to Hart. Noel Harrison returned to his musical career, winning an Academy Award for his song "The Windmills of Your Mind," the theme of the movie The Thomas Crown Affair. Episode 1-9 Episode 1-9 Episode 1: The Dog-Gone Affair Original Airdate: September 13, 1966 On an island near Greece, UNCLE Agent, Mark Slate watches as a Thrush agent tests a new drug by spraying it on some partying villagers.

The drug slows them to half speed. If the drug is unleashed on the world, ecomonic chaos would ensue. The only known antidote is on its way to the Island via commercial flight ... on the fleas of a dachsund accompanied by UNCLE Agent, April Dancer. Episode 2: The Prisoner of Zalamar Affair Original Airdate: September 20, 1966 Zalamar is a tiny but very important Arabian State. Mark is there to protect it's ruler, Ali Hassen, after rumors of trouble. Unfortunately, Mark is unsuccessful. Ali Hassen succumbs to poisoned popcorn and his daughter, Fatima, who is next in line to rule, is kidnapped. April, a dead ringer for Fatima, is sent to Zalamar to impersonate Fatima until she can be found and released from her captors. Episode 3: The Mother Muffin Affair Original Airdate: September 27, 1966 UNCLE Agent Napoleon Solo is in London with April where they are to pick up instructions in the form of a half-penny in a beggar's cap.

Unfortunately, Solo was followed from the airport by Mother Muffin, an elderly lady who leads a group of assassins bent on retrieving the half-penny first. Episode 4: The Mata Hari Affair Original Airdate: October 4, 1966 Someone is after bellydancer Mata Hurens, who has a message for Mr. Waverly. She boards a train for London as does April who is trying to see to her safe arrival. However, a bomb has been planted on the tracks. The train derails and many are killed, including Mata Hurens. April survives and is determined to find the murderer. By impersonating the dead bellydancer, April hopes the killer, thinking he's failed will make another attempt. Then, April and Mark can capture him. Episode 5: The Montori Device Affair Original Airdate: October 11, 1966 UNCLE headquarters in Rome is raided by Thrush agents who swipe a small, jewel-like device called a Montori. The Montori allows UNCLE agents to listen in on any UNCLE channels, even scrambled ones. Waverly orders all communications at UNCLE to cease until the device is recovered.

With six world leaders coming together for a top-secret conference, Waverly believes Thrush intends to create chaos at the meeting. Without communications, Waverly is unable to warn the world leaders of the probable danger. April and Mark must find the device. Episode 6: The Horns-of-the-Dilemma Affair Original Airdate: October 18, 1966 Mexican millionaire and bullfight aficionado, DeSada, is head of Thrush:Central America. In an effort to gain control of Project Gamma, a rocket transport capable of 5,000 mph, he has kidnapped the three men who have created it. Meanwhile, his own scientist has develped a machine capable draining a brain of all its knowledge and transfering to a computer tape. April has made contact through one of DeSada's helpers, a famous matador. Mark takes on the persona of a bullfight critic to aid April in freeing the three kidnap victims. Episode 7: The Danish Blue Affair Original Airdate: October 25, 1966 Mark and April are sent to Denmark to rescue Stanley Umlaut who has been kidnapped by Thrush.

Stanley, unknowingly, has eaten a piece of Danish blue cheese that contains a microdot hidden by Thrush agents. Episode 8: The Garden of Evil Affair Original Airdate: November 1, 1966 A doctor developes a serum that is able to transfer the mind of a dead person into the brain of one of his descendants. The doctor is murdered by members of a cult who kill by scratching their victims. The Cambodyses cult are fed small amounts of poison on a daily basis until they are immune to its affects. However, it renders their finger nails deadly weapons. The cult, Thrush, and UNCLE want the serum and the doctor's granddaughter." Episode 9: The Atlantis Affair Original Airdate: November 15, 1966 April and Mark are looking for Professor Antrum who has been searching for Atlantis. Rumors indicate that crystals able to concentrate the power of the sun into a beam more powerful than a laser are hidden at the entrance to Atlantis. According to a cryptogram that entrance is on the property of an eccentric name LeGallows. Antrum is kidnapped by Thrush and recovered by UNCLE only to be re-kidnapped along with April and Mark.

U.N.C.L.E.’s ties with James Bond | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode guide The Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode guide U.N.C.L.E.’s ties with James Bond Sean Connery and David McCallum in 1966 There are a number of ties between Britain’s top spy, James Bond 007, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Those connections increased even more when a movie version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was filmed during the fall of 2013. What follows is a look at the major connections. Text © 1997-2015 William J. Koenig Ian Fleming (1908-1964). 007: Created James Bond, publishing his first 007 novel, “Casino Royale,” in 1953. Overall wrote a dozen Bond novels and several short stories. U.N.C.L.E.: Created (with Norman Felton) the character of Napoleon Solo. (American writer Sam Rolfe devised virtually everything else about the series format).

Also came up with the character name April Dancer, whom Fleming envisioned as a Miss Moneypenney-type character. The name was used for the lead character in the spinoff series “The Girl From UNCLE.” Fan image that poked fun at the title of a 2013 James Bond continuation novel Solo: Original title of the pilot for The Man From U.N.C.L.E., based on the name of the lead character, Napoleon Solo. Producer Norman Felton originally wanted to bill it as Ian Fleming’s Solo. But pressured by 007 producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, Fleming sold his interest in U.N.C.L.E. for one British pound in June 1963. Pilot filmed under the Solo name in November 1963. Broccoli and Saltzman threatened legal action in 1964, claiming it violated their Goldfinger film rights (story included a minor gangster character named Solo). Title changed to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 007: Title of James Bond continuation novel by William Boyd, published in 2013.

Ian Fleming Publications, while marketing the book, plays up the originality of the title without ever mentioning the Solo flap of 1964, or even that Ian Fleming had already named a character Solo in his Goldfinger novel. Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004): U.N.C.L.E.: scored the pilot and two other episodes of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Goldsmith’s work included the show’s distinctive theme. 007: music director for the CBS series Climax!, which included an adaptation of Casino Royale in October 1954. Goldsmith selected from “tracked” music to use in that broadcast. George Lazenby’s title card in The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. George Lazenby (b. 1939). 007: Played James Bond in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), first Eon Productions/Albert R. Broccoli Bond film not featuring Sean Connery as Bond. Quit series after the one film. UNCLE: Played mysterious British agent “JB” in “The Return of The Man From UNCLE” (1983 TV movie).

TV film clearly seeks to imply this is Bond as he is driving an Aston Martin DB5 (the car model used in “Goldfinger”). “JB” helps Solo out of a tight spot and refers to the now-retired operative as “UNCLE’s finest.” Patrick Macnee (1922-2015), British actor and star of the television series The Avengers. U.N.C.L.E.: Played Sir John Raleigh, new head of U.N.C.L.E. in The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Sir John summons a retired Napoleon Solo back to duty. 007: Played Tibbett, an MI6 operative. He’s assisting James Bond in his investigation of Max Zorin, an industrialist suspected of having ties to the KGB. Jack Lord (1921-1998). 007: Played Felix Leiter, Bond’s CIA friend, in “Dr. No,” the first Eon Productions/Albert R. Broccoli 007 film. UNCLE: Played Mandor, a top Thrush official engaged in a brutal power struggle within the criminal organization, in Eps. 95. Richard Maibaum (1909-1991).

007: Screenwriter on 13 of the first 16 James Bond movies produced by Eon Productions Ltd. Was there from the beginning of the Eon series as one of three credited screenwriters on “Dr. No.” His final effort was to contribute to the plot of 1989’s “Licence to Kill” (sharing screenwriting credit with Michael G. Wilson). He died in 1991. UNCLE: in the mid-1970s, he proposed some ideas for a never-produced UNCLE revial, according to personal papers he donated to the University of Iowa. Harold Jack Bloom (1924-1999). UNCLE: Wrote Eps. 2, “The Iowa Scuba Affair,” the first episode produced after the pilot was made. Had co-authored the 1953 movie “The Naked Spur,” with UNCLE developer Sam Rolfe. 007: Received an “additional story material” credit for Bond movie “You Only Live Twice.” Apparently, Bloom worked on an early draft and was replaced by Roald Dahl, who received sole screenplay credit. Luciana Paluzzi and Sean Connery pose for photographers during production of Thunderball.

Luciana Paluzzi (b. 1937). UNCLE: Played sultry Thrush villainess in footage used to expand the pilot for The Man From UNCLE into a feature film. The Paluzzi footage, however, did not appear in television version of the pilot aired Sept. 22, 1964. Instead, her scenes were incorporated into Eps. 21, “The Four-Steps Affair.” The Paluzzi scenes were an important part of “To Trap a Spy,” the theatrical version of the pilot. In “Four Steps,” NS retreats discreetly into the other room while her character changes clothes. In “To Trap a Spy,” he doesn’t. She also appeared as a helpful hotel owner in Eps. 1 of The Girl From UNCLE. 007: Played sultry SPECTRE villainess in 1965 Bond movie “Thunderball.” Curt Jurgens (1915-1982). UNCLE: Rich businessman who is courting one of five daughters of a deceased scientist (Eps. 87-88). 007: Played Karl Stromberg, lead villain in “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977).

Telly Savalas (1922-1994). UNCLE: Played buffoonish Italian count married to one of five daughters of a deceased scientist (Eps. 87-88). 007: Played 007 arch-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969). Richard Kiel (1939-2014). UNCLE: Has one scene in Eps. 1 as a Thrush thug. In Eps. 23 (“The Hong Kong Shilling Affair”), he has a more extended role as a thug. 007: Played Jaws, initially a freightful character who evolved into Bond’s version of Wile E. Coyote in “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977) and “Moonraker” (1979). Anthony Zerbe (b. 1936). Veteran American character actor who normally plays villainous roles. UNCLE: Cast as Justin Sepheran, a Thrush leader who escapes prison after 15 years to revitalize the criminal organization in The Return of The Man From UNCLE.

007: Portrayed Milton Krest, a lackey of drug kingpin Franz Sanchez in Licence to Kill (1989). Nancy Sinatra (b. 1940). UNCLE: Played Coco, daughter of scientist Adrian Cool in “The Take Me to Your Leader Affair.” 007: Performed the John Barry-Leslie Bricusse title song for “You Only Live Twice” (1967) Paul Baxley (1923-2011). UNCLE: Stuntman and stunt arranger. Also second unit director for Eps. 93-94 (“The Prince of Darkness Affair”). Was one of the “Karate Killers” in Eps. 87-88. 007: Was stunt arranger for Bond movie “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971). Most likely, Baxley only worked on sequences filmed in the United States; credits for the film indicate there were dual crews for the U.K. and U.S. Veteran Bond stunt arranger Bob Simmons also worked on the film with Baxley. Eddie Saeta (1914-2005).

UNCLE: Assistant director, second unit director and, finally in Season Three, director. 007: Was location manager for Bond movie “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971). Harold E. Wellman (1905-1992): UNCLE: director of photography on The Dippy Blonde Affair (shared duties with series regular Fred Koenekamp). 007: second unit cameraman, Diamonds Are Forever. Antony Ellis. 007: Co-scripter of 1954 CBS television adaptation of “Casino Royale.” The hour-long, live show took some liberties with Ian Fleming’s first novel. Bond is an American (Barry Nelson), while Felix Leiter (renamed Clarence Leiter) is British. The show was long thought lost until early 1980s when a filmed copy showed in a warehouse. UNCLE: Plotted and co-scripted Eps. 27, “The Gazebo in the Maze Affair.” “Bon appetit.” UNCLE: Witticism uttered by Illya Kuryakin after thug gets chewed on by a wolf in Eps. 27 (original airdate 4/5/65).

007: Witticism uttered by James Bond (Sean Connery) after thug falls into pool of man-eating fish (“You Only Live Twice”). Witticism uttered by James Bond (Timothy Dalton) after leaving a thug in a container of maggots (“Licence to Kill”). Witticism uttered by heroine Cheryl Haven as she lifts her right breast to Bond’s mouth at the conclusion of “Blast From the Past,” 007 short story by Raymond Benson first published in Janurary 1997 issue of “Playboy” magazine. Janus. Roman two-faced god whose name is too good to pass up when creating villains. UNCLE: Name of a woman Thrush operative in MFU Eps. 78 (first name Jenny). Name of a traitorous UNCLE agent who joins forces with a resurgent Thrush in The Return of the Man From UNCLE. 007: Name of a Russian mobster who turns out to be James Bond’s old comrade Alec Trevelyan in “GoldenEye.” Teru Shimada (1905-1988).

UNCLE: Played Sing Mok, president of an unnamed Asian nation who is the target of an assassination plot by the mysterious billionaire Mr. Alexander in Eps. 30-31. 007: Played Mr. Osato, Japanese industrialist whose company is a front for SPECTRE in “You Only Live Twice.” Walther. German manufacturer of guns preferred by leading secret agents. 007: M. forces James Bond to give up a Baretta .25 that Bond was quite fond of in the novel “Dr. No” (1958). Bond uses the Walther PPK 7.65mm pistol for the rest of the Fleming stories. John Gardner, in the first of his 007 novels in 1981 indicates the Walther was phased out and has Bond using a variety of pistols. Raymond Benson, in the short story “Blast From the Past,” has Bond again using the Walther. In the films, the switch from the Baretta to the Walther PPK was replicated in Eon’s Bond film, “Dr. No” (1962), almost line for line from the book.

However, according to postings by eagle-eyed viewers writing in the alt.fan.james-bond news group, the filmmakers have had Bond using the Walther P38, PP and P-9 without mentioning this fact to the audience in films including “Goldfinger,” “You Only Live Twice” and “Octopussy.” In “Tomorrow Never Dies,” Bond (Pierce Brosnan) uses the PPK in early sequences but switches to a Walther P99 in the second half of the movie. It appears that he uses the P99 in “The World Is Not Enough,” due in U.S. theaters in November 1999. UNCLE: The U.N.C.L.E. Special is a modified Walter P38. The first UNCLE gun was a modified Mauser, but producers decided it looked too small, especially with the attachments. The switch to the Walther version occurred during Season One. Alexander Scourby (1913-1985). UNCLE: Played Professor Amadeus, who is really an ex-Nazi scientist who has Hitler in suspended animation in “The Deadly Games Affair” (MFU Eps. 5).

007: Narrated “The Incredible World of James Bond,” a documentary directed by Jack Haley Jr. that aired Nov. 26, 1965 on NBC. “Incredible World” included information about the novels, scenes from the first three Bond films and scenes from the upcoming “Thunderball” movie. The special pre-empted “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” which normally aired in that time slot (10 p.m. ET Fridays) during the 1965-66 television season. Al Ramrus. 007: Wrote the narration for the 1965 special “The Incredible World of James Bond.” UNCLE: Co-wrote Eps. 65, The Pop Art Affair. Richard Loo (1903-1983). UNCLE: Plays Dr. Yahama, a Thrush official, in The Indian Affairs Affair, the final episode of season 2 of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 007: Plays Hai Fat, an Asian industrialist who employs Scaramanga in 1974’s The Man With the Golden Gun.

(Thanks to Timmer at the MI6 website message boards for pointing this one out.) Victor Buono (1938-1982), American character actor who usually played villains. 007: Screenwriter Richard Maibaum’s recommendation to play Auric Goldfinger in Goldfinger. Producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman cast German actor Gert Frobe instead. U.N.C.L.E.: Played Colonel Hubris, a Thrush operative, in The Deadly Goddess Affair in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’s second season. Played Sir Cecil Seabrook in The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. episode The Phi Beta Killer Affair. —————————————————————————————————————————– Ken Adam (1921-2016). 007: Production designer on seven James Bond movies. His interior sets for Dr. No made the modestly budgeted film look more expensive that it was. As 007 films became more expensive, Adam’s sets became more expansive, including Blofeld’s volcano headquarters in You Only Live Twice and Drax’s space station in Moonraker.

U.N.C.L.E.: Expressed an interest in working on a proposed movie version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. circa 1979-1980. That project didn’t materialize. Jane Seymour (b. 1951). 007: Played Solitaire, the lead female character in 1973’s LIve And Let Die, the first James Bond film starring Roger Moore. Solitaire can see the future but loses that power after making love to Bond. U.N.C.L.E.: Was part of the same U.N.C.L.E. project Ken Adam was attached to and, had it been made, would have played the “innocent,” an advice columnist for The New York Times. —————————————————————————————————————————————– Henry Cavill during filming of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie Henry Cavill (b. 1983). 007: Finalist for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale (2006). The actor played Bond in a screen test. Cavill, then 22, was passed over in favor of Daniel Craig.

UNCLE: Played Napoleon Solo in a Guy Ritchie-directed movie version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The actor got the Solo role three months before the start of principal photography after Tom Cruise declined it. Cavill thus became the only actor to play both spies associated with Ian Fleming. Leavesden Studio. 007; Studio built at a former Rolls Royce aircraft engine plant for 1995’s GoldenEye. The studio was constructed because the 17th 007 film produced by Eon Productions didn’t have access to Pinewood Studios, the traditional home base for Bond films. U.N.C.L.E.: Warner Bros. eventually acquired Leavesden and uses it as its U.K. production base. Harry Potter films were made there and the Guy Ritchie-directed U.N.C.L.E. film was also based at Leavesden. Robert Short (far right) as an extra in The Seven Wonders of the World Part I Robert Short: U.N.C.L.E.: Extra in The Seven Wonders of the World Affair Part I, next-to-last episode of 1964-68 series (airport sequence shot at LAX); would-be producer of never-made U.N.C.L.E.

feature, circa 1979-81; technical adviser, The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E.; visual effects compositor, 2015 The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie. 007: Extra, Diamonds Are Forever (casino scene with Sean Connery and Lana Wood). Terry Bamber: Production manager on a number of James Bond films, including The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall. U.N.C.L.E.: production manager and assistant director for the second unit of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie. The following names were provided by Terry Bamber: Paul Jennings: 007: stuntman on GoldenEye, The World Is Not Enough. U.N.C.L.E.: second unit director and stunt coordinator The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie. Lee Morrison: 007: stunts and/or assistant stunt coordinator, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall. U.N.C.L.E.: assistant stunt coordinator The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie.

Terence Madden: 007: second assistant director (second unit), Casino Royale, second assistant director, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall. U.N.C.L.E.: second assistant director (second unit) The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie Arabella Gilbert: 007: assistant production coordinator, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall. U.N.C.L.E.: production coordinator (second unit) The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie. Lulu Morgan: 007: production coordinator, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall. U.N.C.L.E.: production coordinator, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie. Harvey Harrison: 007: second unit camera operator, GoldenEye. U.N.C.L.E.: second unit director of photography The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie (latter per Mr. Bamber, who should know); not listed in IMDB.com). Hiller UH-12E helicopter: 007: helicopter depicted as being piloted by Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) when atomic bomb is taken to Fort Knox in Goldfinger. U.N.C.L.E.

The very same helicopter appears in a sequence in 2015’s movie version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. According to Robert Short, helicopter had to be shipped from England to Rome for use in the movie. Share this: Stefanie Powers on Girl from UNCLE The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.: Stefanie Powers Recalls the Campy TV Series Published: October 3, 2011 We recently passed the 45th anniversary of The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., the short-lived spin-off to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series. The TV series ran for just one season of 29 episodes, from September 1966 until April 1967. While Man took a serious approach to the spy game, Girl was campy. Batman was having huge success over on ABC at the time and NBC apparently thought that was the way to go. While Man was on the air for four seasons, Girl was cancelled after just one. The Warner Archive is releasing the series on DVD and it’s now available for purchase . To celebrate the release, I recently spoke with Girl’s star, Stefanie Powers.

Powers has had a long and impressive career and has starred in numerous stage plays and musicals, television shows, and movies. She’s also written books on fitness and an autobiography and released a CD. She’ll always be remembered for her role opposite Robert Wagner on TV’s Hart to Hart but her first television job came years earlier. I believe The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. was your first big role, correct? Stefanie Powers: It was my first television role and, unbeknownst to me at the time, it was the first time that a woman had starred in an hour long television series. That wasn’t made a big deal of in those days. I don’t know why, but it wasn’t. I didn’t actually learn about that until only a few years ago, when somebody put it in the context of pioneers of television, and I said, ‘Well I’m hardly a pioneer.’ And they said, ‘Oh no, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. was the first blah blah blah.’ So that was it, and I don’t know why that wasn’t made a point of in those days but, um, I guess we weren’t so conscious of sociological changes and things like that.

How did the role come about? Powers: I was “sold,” or rather they “bought” me. I was under a contract to Columbia and my contract was exclusive to motion pictures. At that point, I’d made about fifteen movies under the Columbia contract, and they were kind of wonderful roles — co-starring with John Wayne and a lot of rather iconic names in the motion picture firmament. So, I had gotten to a point where MGM had made them a good offer. The pilot had been made with two other actors as a spin-off from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. series. They changed their minds about how they saw the characters, and came to Columbia and made the offer. In those days, we were lowly actors and weren’t privy to the corporate decisions. We were only told after the fact. Because you were seen as kind of a commodity? Powers: Yes, that’s exactly what we were. Well, we still are, but it’s a slightly different game. It’s the agents now instead of the studios. The tone of Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

was different than Man from U.N.C.L.E., kind of campy… Powers: Indeed it was –- not necessarily the desire of NBC to acquire this kind of campy/satirical approach to espionage, but it seemed to lend itself to the kind of farce that we were doing. I thought it was a hell of a lot of fun but that was a major complaint on the part of NBC — that we looked like we were having fun. Was there any particular aspect of the show that you particularly enjoyed doing — I know that you’re fluent in many languages… Powers: I would have to say overall, as I look back on it, the thing that is most outstanding would have to be the guest stars. It happened at a time when television was taking over from movies. The movie studios were fading away. They were losing their monopolies on creating, distributing and exhibiting the product. It’s kind of interesting today because the very thing that caused the collapse of the motion picture studios is so prevalent in everything we do today –- I mean, if Apple isn’t a monopoly I don’t know what it is. How did that suddenly escape through the wire of monopoly, when the movie industry didn’t. It’s all very questionable.

But, in any event, the movie studios were suffering from this increase in oversight, and there was a determination on the part of Washington to destroy what these wonderful movie moguls had created. As a result, there wasn’t a lot of work around, especially for people with these fantastic names. And as television became more important, it was being used similarly to the way it’s being used now -– to create a more public awareness, to reach a larger audience. So, when we had guest performers like Peggy Lee — I mean where and how in my wildest dreams would I imagine I would have the privilege of being in the same scene, let alone in the same room, with Peggy Lee! That was thrilling. Boris Karloff! I mean, where else could I have worked with Boris Karloff? Right. And I think he even did at least part of the episode in drag? Powers: I think he did the whole episode in drag. (laughs) The show lasted 29 episodes, one season. Do you have any thoughts on why… Powers: One season was 29 episodes — quite different than the seasons now. Oh, absolutely. Any thoughts on why it didn’t go longer?

I think Norman Feldon was ill around that time…? Powers: Yes, he was. I think that was a major thing. Norman really was our executive producer and was in that position where the network would have listen to him appeal to keep his shows on the air. Norman was not well, and it was shortly after that, that both we and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. were both cancelled. There’s been talk back and forth about bringing Man From U.N.C.L.E. back as a movie with George Clooney and Steve Steven Soderbergh as director. Any discussions that you’ve heard that there might be a place for The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.? Powers: Ah! No! (laughs) And I wish there were. It would be nice. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is currently available from the Warner Archive on DVD . What do you think? Do you remember this show? Did you like the campy approach? The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series 1964–1968) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property.

Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The two top agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of THRUSH. Creator: The mysterious Hemingway causes havoc at UNCLE headquarters in New York through various means, including tampering with the facility's water supply and electrical system. This occurs on the eve of an... 8.9 An UNCLE translator, Mandy Stevenson, seeks excitement. Solo, feeling sorry for her, "recruits" Mandy to be a courier. In reality, she is only supposed to get Waverly more pipe tobacco. Things go ... 8.6 Thrush poisons Waverly, with plans to subject him to a procedure that affects the brain. The criminal organization has already experimented on others, turning a shipping magnate and a diplomat into ...

8.3 a list of 42 titles created 24 Aug 2011 a list of 29 titles created 09 Sep 2011 a list of 34 titles created 16 Nov 2011 a list of 33 titles created 02 Feb 2013 a list of 40 titles created 6 months ago Title: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 22 nominations. See more awards » Photos A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world. Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Kenneth Tobey The adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government. Stars: Robert Wagner, Fred Astaire, Malachi Throne An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.

Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris Two Secret Services agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West. Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey Mannix worked originally for Wickersham at Intertect and then struck out on his own, assisted by Peggy Fair (whose cop-husband had been killed) and police department contact Tobias. Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood The submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers... Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell The missions of agent April Dancer of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco. Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell When THRUSH steals a nuclear weapon and demands a ransom delivered by Napoleon Solo, UNCLE recalls him and his partner to duty. Director: Ray Austin Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse The World War II North African missions of an Allied commando patrol squad of the Long Range Desert Group. Stars: Christopher George, Gary Raymond, Eric Braeden Edit Storyline Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are the two agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, who fight evil (primarily an organization of Bad people called, THRUSH) and use charm, wit, and a never ending assortment of gadgets. Ran for 4 years. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net> 22 September 1964 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Ian Fleming's Solo See more » Filming Locations: Black and White (season 1)| Color (seasons 2-4) (Metrocolor) Aspect Ratio: Did You Know? Trivia The first frame of the scene change 'swish pan' shows the name "Fritz Weaver" set against London's Tower Bridge.

See more » Goofs The map upon Mr. Waverly's office wall is incorrect in numerous cases. For example, it shows Canada and Newfoundland to be 2 separate states. Other errors include the lack of East Pakistan and all of Indo-China is depicted as one nation by the name of 'Siam'. This map appears in various episodes. See more » Quotes [opening of the first few season 1 episodes] Napoleon Solo : My name is Napoleon Solo. I'm Enforcement agent in Section 2 here. That's operations and enforcement. Illya Kuryakin : I am Illya Kuryakin. I am also an Enforcement agent. Like my friend Napoleon, I go and I do whatever I am told to by our chief. Mr. Alexander Waverly : Hmm? Oh, yes. Alexander Waverly. Number 1 in Section 1. In charge of this, our New York headquarters. It's from here that I send these young men on their various missions. See more » Crazy Credits "We wish to thank the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement without whose assistance this program would not be possible." UNCLE does not exist, and never has. See more » Connections One of the 5 greatest series ever.

23 July 2005 | by wnewman106 (Georgetown, KY) – See all my reviews Hollywood has missed a bet by not capitalizing on the fact that Robert Vaughn and David McCallum are still alive. There should be another series or a movie with these two, but it would require some good writing to get a show worth watching. DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE ON THE AVENGERS MOVIE. I've always maintained that if you wanted to watch a show about the past, you could watch Wild, Wild, West; if you wanted to watch a show about the present, you could watch Man From Uncle; if you wanted to watch a show about the future, you could watch Star Trek; if you wanted a foreign flavored show you could watch The Avengers; and if you wanted to watch a comedy, you could watch Get Smart. MFU started in 1964, WWW and Get Smart in 1965 and Star Trek in 1966. The Avengers with Emma Peel hit here around 1967. You can get by in life just watching these shows.

My feeling is that the Sixties started in February 1964 with the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and ended with the Manson murders in August 1969. Those were 5 magical, wonderful years that I wish could be recaptured and relived somehow. Anyway, what made MFU such a hit? There were numerous teen-age baby-boomers who thought the exciting life shown on the show was how life was going to be. Women, travel, women, cool suits, women, weapons, excitement, women, etc,. Did I mention women? Sure beat the work-a-day world our Dads had to live in the 1960s. We were in for a big surprise when we grew up. No UNCLE organization, no space travel, no huge amounts of leisure time. Sigh. 34 of 42 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes CONTRIBUTORS BEHIND THE SCENE FOR THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Norman Felton (1913- ) enjoyed a long career as a television producer. He was primarily known for dramatic shows such as The Eleventh Hour and Dr. Kildare. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

was a departure for him into the realm of adventure television. He approached author Ian Fleming about developing a program in the early 1960s. After some twists and detours (not to mention Fleming dropping out early in the process), U.N.C.L.E. was the result. Post-U.N.C.L.E., Felton's credits included Hawkins, a drama featuring James Stewart as a cagey defense lawyer, and Executive Suite, a prime-time soap. Sam Rolfe (1924-1993) created various television shows. His personal favorite was Have Gun--Will Travel, which ran from 1957 to 1963. Rolfe worked on the first two years of that program and came back to write an episode in the last season explaining the origin of the mysterious Paladin. Rolfe became involved in U.N.C.L.E. after Norman Felton needed a writer to get the project going after Fleming's departure. Rolfe would write the pilot script and serve as producer of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s first season. Post-U.N.C.L.E.

projects include The Delphi Bureau and On Wings of Eagles, a four-hour mini-series based on the best selling book that featured Richard Crenna as Ross Perot. Ian Fleming (1908-1964) created fiction's best-known spy, James Bond, with the first Bond novel, Casino Royale, being published in 1953. Almost a decade later, the author seemed initially intrigued about Norman Felton's idea of a weekly spy/adventure show. A few years earlier, he had attempted to create a television series for CBS, but the project never got to the pilot stage (some plot ideas were turned into Bond short stories in For Your Eyes Only). Fleming's involvement in U.N.C.L.E. didn't last long, with the author not wanting to upset Bond movie producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (their first Bond movie came out in 1962). Fleming's main contribution is calling the lead character Napoleon. His also supplied the name of April Dancer (who would have been a Miss Moneypenney type in early notes) which was given later to the lead character in The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

Dean Hargrove received an Emmy nomination in his early 20s as a writer for a short-lived NBC series with Bob Newhart. He became a writer for The Man From U.N.C.L.E. late in the first season, penning "The Never-Never Affair". Hargrove's biggest involvement was the second season and his efforts included writing the season-opening, two-part "The Alexander the Greater Affair". His scripts are marked by a delicate balance of adventure and humor and most of the time, he succeeded. After writing no episodes for The Man From U. N.C.L.E. in the third season (and one Girl From U.N.C.L.E. effort), he returned in the fourth season to write another two-part show, "The Prince of Darkness Affair", probably the most humor-laden script of a very serious season. He had another story ready to film when the series got canceled in the middle of the season. After U.N.C.L.E., he went to work at Universal's television section, working on shows like It Takes a Thief, The Name of the Game and Columbo.

He scripted the second Columbo pilot, "Ransom for a Dead Man" (plotted by Columbo creators Richard Levinson and William Link), and was producer for the second, third and fourth seasons. More recently, he has worked out of Viacom, producing shows like Matlock, Jake and the Fatman and Diagnosis: Murder. Alan Caillou (b. 1914, real name Alan Lyle-Smythe) was the writer probably most responsible for the development of the Illya Kuryakin character. While Sam Rolfe created Kuryakin, it was Caillou who fleshed the character out. Caillou originally wrote a two-part story that was later made as two separate, but related episodes, The Quadripartite Affair and The Giuoco Piano Affair. Quadripartite, the third episode aired, was the first to give Kuryakin much to do. This one episode establishes Illya as the strong, silent, but ultimately caring, type. Caillou went on to write several more episodes the first season, including The Bow-Wow Affair, the first episode where Kuryakin is the lead agent (Solo is nursing a sprained ankle and is available only for consulting and planning).

Caillou reportedly liked David McCallum over Robert Vaughn, but also wrote The Terbuf Affair, which provides one of the few glimpses of Solo's background shown in the series. Caillou also appears before the cameras as a villain. In the second season, however, Caillou lost interest, only writing two episodes. His MFU farewell was The Tigers Are Coming Affair (with Caillou again acting). Caillou's own background perhaps explains his ability to spin adventure stories. According to his Internet Movie Data Base biography, Caillou was in the British Army, worked in military intelligence and operated behind enemy lines in Libya and Tunisia among other things. Caillou has written many novels in addition to his film and television work. Mr. Caillou passed away in 2006. Joseph Sargent (b. 1925), a proflific UNCLE director during the first three seasons of the show, turned out some of the best episodes of the series. In the first season alone, he helmed The Project Strigas Affair, The Never-Never Affair and The Odd Man Affair, three fan favorites.

Not surprisingly, he was tapped to oversee the series' first two-part story, Alexander the Greater Affair, used to kick off the second season, and The Moonglow Affair, which served as the pilot for The Girl From UNCLE. Sargent often shot from interesting angles, sometimes starting from the ceiling and gradually coming down (Never Never). Overall, he helmed 11 MFUs and one Girl From UNCLE episode. His UNCLE swan song was The Concrete Overcoat Affair, a two parter that was the highlight of Man's third season. Post-UNCLE, Sargent went back and forth between feature films and major made-for-TV movies. His feature films have been a mixed lot, going from the excellent MacArthur to the lousy Jaws 4. He seems to get better material to choose from on major made-for-TV movies and miniseries. For example, he earned an Emmy for The Marcus-Nelson Murders, a powerful telefilm written by Abby Mann that launched the Kojak series.

More recently, he directed a 1998 TV mini-series, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment Alf Kjellin (pronounced Sha-LEEN) (1920-1988), Swedish born actor and director, was another important UNCLE contributor. His career began in the 1940s, and made his American film debut under the name Christopher Kent (source: Imdb and The UNCLE Files) in 1949. He directed his first UNCLE episodes in the second half of season one, including the memorable The Gazebo in the Maze Affair, which introduced villain G. Emory Partridge. In season two, he directed The Yukon Affair, another Partridge story, then switched over and played the Russian military commander in Ice Station Zebra -- both shot at the same set at MGM. Like Sargent, the bulk of his UNCLE is high quality and he was able to get maximum oomph on a limited budget. His MFU debut, The See Paris and Die Affair, includes an exciting chase sequence involving the UNCLE helicopter and a truck carrying many millions of dollars of stolen diamonds.

He also directed The Fox and the Hounds Affair in season two, one of the best entries in the entire series, and The Bat Cave Affair, another fan favorite. A couple of low points for Kjellin: Yukon (the Partridge sequel wasn't up the standards of the original) and The Indian Affairs Affair. Overall, he directed seven MFU episodes and two GFUs. Fred J. Koenekamp (b. 1922) -- Veteran director of photography, his work on UNCLE got him noticed and he graduated to feature films during the midst of Man's fourth season. Koenekamp joined the UNCLE crew with the start of production of season one (Joseph Biroc had photographed the pilot). Koenekamp gave the series a high-gloss look despite hectic shooting schedules. His post-UNCLE credits include Patton (which earned him an Academy Award nomination) and The Towering Inferno, for which he and Biroc shared the Oscar (Biroc shot the action sequences, while Koenekamp worked with the first unit).

Question: What was the name of the Girl From Uncle?
Answer: April Dancer