The Spy Who Came (1969) User Reviews

Amazon Prime's censorship team strikes again

[Leofwine_draca · 3/10 · 16 June 2017]

THE SPY WHO CAME is another obscurity from the vaults, unearthed by Something Weird for digital re-release. As with similar exploitation titles on Amazon Prime, the version they're showing has been chopped of all the nudity, leaving it a pointless exercise in cheap filmmaking. The story is some kind of spy drama about our hero going after a crazy guy, and it features a succession of dressed-up characters including a sheikh and a guy in a wheelchair. It's better shot than usual, with scenes of the main guy hanging out in the countryside which look rather nice, but the plot is nothing special and the film feels padded as a result.

pleasantly surprised

[movieman_kev · 7/10 · 27 June 2007]

Vice cop Harry Harris will sleep with anything that moves much to the detriment of his fiancé, Mary.When his latest sexual conquest gets him in deep trouble with an Arab who had his frequent escapades videotaped for blackmail purposes. Harry soon finds himself deep in international espionage involving an upscale white slavery ring. I had a lot of fun with this little film. Part comedy, part action, part sexploitation, but all fun. Having had seen the director and writer's "Little Orphan Sammy" a while back and remembering how much i detested that film caused my sheer enjoyment of this one to come as all the more the pleasant surprise.It also doesn't hurt at all that most of the girls in the film are usually always nude and quite beautiful.

My Grade: B-

Something Weird DVD Extras: 2 shorts: Girl of my dreams & the Philosophy of Computing, "Tel-Star Striptease" feature (in actuality an excerpt of "the Peep Snatchers"); 12 minute Gallery of Underground Sexploitation movie magazine covers with audio oddities; and Trailers for "the Curous Dr. Humpp", "Office Love-in", "the Singles" & "Some like it Violent" (the film is also bundled with "Electronic Lover" on this DVD)