A secret agent (Robert Vaughn) is on a mission to locate a missing 83 year old biologist (James Doohan). This leads him to a fashionable salon owned by a mysterious haute couture designer (Vera Miles), who does not want the biologist found, even if it means murder. Based on the novel THE BRIDGE OF LIONS by Henry Slesar and directed by E. Darrell Hallenbeck (THE GREEN HORNET). Yet another feature film cobbled together from a two part episode of THE MAN FROM UNCLE. Notable in that it's the only UNCLE episode based on a novel rather than an original script. Changes from the TV episode included scrapping footage with another actress and refilming her scenes with Yvonne Craig, the introduction of a new character not in the original episode played by Ahna Capri and an off screen murder is now shown. As to the film itself, it's just not very good. The screenplay, not so surprisingly, is choppy and the padding out slows the action down. With Maurice Evans and Leo G. Carroll.
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