Joseph Sargent Movies

A child star becomes a brat to hide her loneliness in this drama. The popular little actress is quite insolent and refuses to allow anyone to push her around. She becomes quite stubborn when a studio publicist asks her to do an interview with his ex-wife, a prominent columnist. He finally bribes her into it, and when the contrary miss meets the journalist she takes an immediate shine to her. The lonesome girl becomes so enamored with the woman that she runs away from home to be near her. Trouble ensues when the publicist is arrested for kidnapping. Fortunately the girl turns up, affects a new attitude and happiness ensues all around. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

If for no other reason, this Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode is memorable for its brief scene between future Star Trek leads William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Shatner is cast as Mike Donfield, a down-and-out pest exterminator who joins UNCLE agents Solo and Illya in a scheme to discredit a power-hungry Balkan diplomat named Kurasov (played by a pre-Hogan's Heroes Werner Klemperer). Nimoy appears as Kurasov's somewhat thick-eared aide, while former child star Peggy Ann Garner plays Donfield's wife Anne. First telecast November 24, 1964, "The Project Strigas Affair" was written by Henry Misrock. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Two superb comic actors, Judy Carne and Charles Ruggles, are respectively cast as the heroine and the villain of this Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode. Solo and Illya infiltrate a Latin American penal colony run by Governor Callahan (Ruggles) and his head guard Cervantes (Roger C. Carmel). The two UNCLE agents hope to locate THRUSH's new, all-powerful computer. They are aided by social worker Salty Oliver (Judy Carne), who briefly poses as Solo's wife. Written by Peter Allan Fields, "The Ultimate Computer Affair" originally aired on October 1, 1965. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. went "full color" for its second season, which began on Friday, September 17, 1965, with the first episode of the two-part adventure "The Alexander the Greater Affair." Rip Torn is delightfully over the top as megalomaniac industrialist Alexander, who not only wants to emulate his namesake by taking over the world, but also intends to spectacularly break every one of the Ten Commandments. UNCLE agents Solo and Illya are brought into the scene when Alexander and his aides Dr. Kavon (David Opatoshu) and Parvix (David Sheiner) steal a new gas that destroys willpower. Also dogging Alexander's trail is his ex-wife Tracey David Sheiner, who is determined to collect her back alimony. Part one ends with Solo, Illya, and Tracey facing certain death by way of a bottomless pit and a Poe-inspired descending scimitar. The scene in which the UNCLE agents rescue Alexander's mother and father (Madge Blake and Charles Lane) from a chain gang was removed from the theatrical-feature version of the episode, One Spy Too Many, which included a sprinkling of new sequences featuring Yvonne Craig as the daughter of UNCLE chieftain Waverly. "The Alexander the Greater Affair, Part One" was written by Dean Hargrove. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A pre-Get Smart Barbara Feldon guest stars as perky UNCLE Portuguese translator Mandy Stevenson. Bored with her unexciting job, Mandy begs Solo to give her a dangerous assignment. Hoping to placate the girl, Solo sends her off on a fake courier mission with Mr. Waverly's favorite humidor -- little suspecting that the object contains a list of France's THRUSH agents. The episode's best scenes find Mandy matching wits with urbane THRUSH operative Victor Gervais (Cesar Romero). Originally telecast on March 22, 1965, "The Never-Never Affair" was the first Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode scripted by Dean Hargrove. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Solo and Illya are sent to Japan to locate and destroy THRUSH's new volcano-activating device. In the course of events, a fireworks factory explodes, the two agents battle the graduates of a karate school, several villains meet sticky ends in a spike-festooned pit, and Solo is nearly sliced to ribbons by a life-sized samurai puppet. France Nuyen guest stars as Japanese motion-picture voice-over actress Cricket Okasada (an early scene shows her dubbing over actress Kathy Kurtz in outtakes from the TV series Dr. Kildare), while the villainy is in the capable hands of Woodrow Parfrey (as Kutuzov) and Jerry H. Fujikawa (as Harada). Scripted by Mark Weingart from a story by Sherman Yellen, "The Cherry Blossom Affair" originally aired on November 19, 1965. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this episode from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series, the two good guy spies must stop a criminal mastermind from altering the course of the Gulf Stream. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

The starship Enterprise, probing into an uncharted area of space, encounters a mysterious rotating cube that blocks its path. Attempting to pull away, the ship is bombarded by potentially lethal radiation and Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) is forced to order the destruction of the object. The ship is soon confronted with the giant spaceship Vesarius, hundreds of times the size and power of the Enterprise, which seizes the starship in a tractor beam and whose commander, Balok, announces that the starship will be destroyed in ten minutes. Kirk must engage in a battle of wits and wills to save his ship, running a bluff with a non-existent device and substance called "corbomite." He succeeds, only to discover that the alien Balok, despite the power of his vessel, was also running something of a bluff. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

Originally telecast on December 2, 1966, this is the second half of the two-part episode "The Concrete Overcoat Affair." U.N.C.L.E. agent Solo finds himself facing a shotgun wedding when he is caught hiding in the bed of Pia Monteri (Leticia Roman), the niece of the retired Prohibition gangsters, the Stiletto brothers. Meanwhile, Solo's partner, Illya, falls into the clutches of Louis Strego (Jack Palance) and Miss Diketon (Janet Leigh), who take time out to torture Illya while still planning to divert the Mediterranean Gulf Stream. The finale finds Solo and the Stillettos settling their differences and joining forces to rescue Illya. The aforementioned Stilletto boys -- "Fingers," "Pretty," and "Feet" -- are played by crime-movie veterans Eduardo Ciannelli, Allen Jenkins, and Jack LaRue. Scripted by Peter Allan Fields from a story by David Victor, "The Concrete Overcoat Affair, Pt. 2" was later combined with part one as the theatrical feature The Spy in the Green Hat. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This episode served as the pilot for the spin-off series The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. -- and in fact, went into production under the title "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Affair." When agents Solo and Illya are incapacitated by a quartzite radiation projector, Mr. Waverly assigns their mission to UNCLE trainee April Dancer (Mary Ann Mobley) and veteran operative Mark Slate (Norman Fell). April and Mark have but 46 hours to locate the projector, which has the capacity to sabotage the U.S. space program. The trail of clues leads to a cosmetics firm run by Arthur Caresse (Kevin McCarthy) and his sister Jean (Mary Carver). Written by Dean Hargrove, "The Moonglow Affair" originally aired on February 25, 1966. Of course, by the time The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. went to series the following fall, the roles of April Dancer and Mark Slate had been recast with Stefanie Powers and Noel Harrison. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

An all-star cast enhances the enjoyment of the two-part Man From U.N.C.L.E. adventure "The Concrete Overcoat Affair." In part one, originally aired on November 25, 1966, Solo and Illya head to Sicily to thwart a T.H.R.U.S.H. plot to divert the Gulf Stream with heavy water. Along the way, the heroes cross swords with ex-Nazi Louis Strego (Jack Palance), his sadistic aide Miss Diketon (Janet Leigh), and the entire Stiletto family, a clan of retired Prohibition gangsters. The latter roles are filled by such familiar faces as Eduardo Ciannelli ("Fingers"), Allen Jenkins ("Pretty") and Jack LaRue ("Feet"). Also contributing to the overall nostalgia is another 1930s movie icon, Joan Blondell, as Mrs. Fingers Stiletto. Scripted by Peter Allan Fields from a story by David Victor, "The Concrete Overcoat Affair, Pt. 1" was later combined with part two as the theatrical feature The Spy in the Green Hat. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Roy Thinnes was the star of this 1967-1968 science fiction series, about an Earth poised on the brink of alien takeover. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi