 | James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 1 (The Man with the Golden Gun / Goldfinger / The World Is Not Enough / Diamonds Are Forever / The Living Daylights)
Buy new: $42.99 / Used from: $23.94 Placed first because of "Goldfinger", aka my first big screen Bond. I had all the toys!
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 | The Avengers '64, Set 1
Buy used from: $23.81 It wasn't until later that I realized Miss Galore had originally worked for Her Majesty alongside Mr. Steed.
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 | The Avengers '64, Set 2
Buy used from: $12.98 Set 1 or 2; if you are just starting out there is a bit of everything, quality wise in both boxes. I love these even though the production is a little primitive by our 21st century standards.
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 | Secret Agent AKA Danger Man Megaset
Buy used from: $244.89 The spy with the coolest theme song was absolutely John Drake. I am pleasantly surprised at the strength of scripting, acting & production values in this show. McGoohan is masterful in anything.
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 | The Avengers - The Complete Emma Peel Megaset
Buy used from: $180.68 Mrs. Peel! All of her! Who wouldn't want to be a spy with her as a partner?
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 | James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 3 (GoldenEye / Live and Let Die / For Your Eyes Only / From Russia With Love / On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Buy new: $42.99 / Used from: $24.24 One of the best fight sequences in any Bond film is in "FRWL". But the real gem is "OHMSS". Who wouldn't resign his double O status for Tracy?
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 | Ultimate Flint Collection (Our Man Flint / In Like Flint)
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $10.99 Before Bond films got stupid & silly, James Coburn got silly with style. The ultimate fantasy for any teen boy growing up in suburban America in the 60's. Flint is Austin's personal hero I'm certain!
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 | The Prisoner - Complete Series Megaset (40th Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $53.49 / Used from: $42.00 The dour spy Drake finally has enough & just when he thinks he's out they pull him back in...to the best limited television series ever. Even without drugs this show is a trip!
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 | The Assassination Bureau
Buy used from: $29.98 Diana Rigg, what can I say? This is not a spy movie actually & in truth it isn't really that good, but it catches a flavor of what we were watching. And it has Diana Rigg.
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 | The Last of Sheila
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $12.30 A true underappreciated gem of a film! Coburn & the cast rises to the top of their tongue in cheek best in this clever who didn't do it that will keep you guessing right 'til the whacked out ending.
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 | The Pink Panther Film Collection (The Pink Panther / A Shot in the Dark / Strikes Again / Revenge of / Trail of)
Buy new: $69.98 / Used from: $20.58 No really! The first Pink Panther film is a caper with a jet set backdrop that includes future "It Takes A Thief" star, Robert Wagner. Not technically spies, but lots of sneaking about!
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 | Charade - Letterbox Edition (Criterion Collection Spine #57)
Buy used from: $15.49 Cary Grant (as a good guy, maybe), Audrey Hepurn (at her most beautiful), James Coburn (as a bad guy, maybe) & the rest of a great cast all set in Paris. This is my fave film of all time!
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 | To Catch a Thief
Buy used from: $2.99 Almost the equal of Charade! Again not technically a spy film, but jewel thieves were somehow close to my heart. Actually I probably just liked climbing on roof tops...
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 | North By Northwest
Buy used from: $8.30 Future "Man from U.N.C.L.E." boss Leo G. Carroll makes a nasty good guy in this well known, but under enjoyed thriller. Put down the film school notes & get on the edge of your seat!
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 | Hart to Hart - The Complete Second Season
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $13.55 Included here because there is no "It Takes a Thief" or "Girl from U.N.C.L.E." box set available yet. Good fluff from the 70's anyway.
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 | Peter Gunn, Set 1
Buy used from: $19.15 Tough & urbane, though not a spy, Peter Gunn acted like one. And had the 2nd coolest theme song of any TV Spy or P.I.
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 | Peter Gunn, Set 2
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $19.99 Peter Gunn, again not technically a spy, was still cool as jazz after a rain storm on a late city night. Makes me wish for T.H.E. Cat with Robt. Loggia, to be released in box set.
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 | Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $41.49 / Used from: $19.94 Other TV shows to be included in my wish list are Honey West with Anne Francis of "Forbidden Planet" fame, which is an absolutely great SF film that made me want to be an outerspace spy.
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 | The Saint Megaset
Buy used from: $159.89 Before he smirked the Bond franchise to near death, Roger Moore was pretty exicting in this fast paced show that gave us a glimpse (sort of) of the trendy world of the jet setters.
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 | The Protectors - Season One
Buy new: $79.95 / Used from: $8.80 Robert Vaughn makes this part of my list, though I would vastly prefer him with Illya Kuryakin. For a glimpse of McCallum try Sapphire & Steel with Joanna Lumley from Avengers (70's style.)
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 | The Protectors - Season Two
Buy new: $79.95 / Used from: $8.24 It will be nice when they release Man from U.N.C.L.E. on DVD. Many guest stars will be familar and the stories in the 1st & 2nd seasons were pretty good. Plus the boys had all the coolest gadgets!
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 | Ernie Ball Single .024 Nickel Wound String
A bit of cheese in the production values, but notable for it's super powers style heroics. The girl was real cute too.
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 | The Wild Wild West - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $19.42 James West, James Bond. Artemis Gordon; Illya Kuryakin. Aston Martin; steam train. Her Majesty; Ulysses S. Grant. And it all somehow worked for me...
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 | I Spy Box Set #1
Buy used from: $18.50 Completely character driven, I remember none of the plots only the banter & friendship twixt Cosby & Culp. Fun stuff.
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 | Jonny Quest - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $17.00 A boys fantasy! No mom around, just a slightly looney dad & "uncle" Race Bannon to get us into & out of trouble. If you like this you've got to get the Venture Brothers box set, it is twisted fun!
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