An ex-government (CIA?) agent (Robert Wagner) in England is kidnapped by the evil Madame Sin (Bette Davis) and coerced into assisting her in a plan to hijack a nuclear submarine. This silly nonsense doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. A spy thriller or a parody of a spy thriller and tries to have it both ways. Either way, it's unimaginative stuff and what pleasure to be had is from Davis as a sort of female Dr. No, slinking around in black with green eye shadow and snapping orders waspishly to her underlings or cackling with delight at her wicked triumphs. Denholm Elliott matches her as her sadistic sidekick. As for the rest, David Greene's direction plods along feebly while Michael Gibbs' ugly score unsuccessfully tries to whip up some excitement. The film's downbeat ending is rather surprising and unexpected, however and out of keeping with what one would expect from a Bond clone. Made for American television but released theatrically overseas. With Catherine Schell, Gordon Jackson, Dudley Sutton, Burt Kwouk and Roy Kinnear.
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