i be feel a little protective of this film because it be my introduction to the u. n. c. l. e. verse . the year be 1972 and and i. t. v. run all eight feature in one bumper run ( follow by re run of the persuader star tony curtis and roger moore ) on saturday evening . the karate killer be choose to open the season . it commence with a cool action sequence a solo and kuryakin sport car get attack by a squadron of thrush mini copters . i be a fan for life from that moment on . after the main credit ( nice to see a special title sequence here instead of the usual practice of slow down action footage ) we go to the laboratory of dr. simon true ( jim bole ) and inventor of a new formula to extract gold from seawater . true wife amanda ( joan crawford ) have be have an affair with thrush agent randolph ( herbert lom ) . a ruthless fellow indeed and he kill both the doctor and his wife and before hunt for the formula . true have prepare for the event he have divide it into five segment and each write on a photograph of himself and and send it to his five daughter and all of whom be scatter throughout the world . solo and kuryakin set out to get the formula first and lead to a string of episode in different location and and cameo from the like of telly savalas ( a a tight fisted italian count ) and terry thomas and and curt jurgens . one of dr. true daughter sandy ( kim darby ) accompany the u. n. c. l. e. boy on their global quest . have assemble the formula and thrush turn up and make them hand it over and before whisk them off to their secret base at the north pole . of all the u. n. c. l. e. feature film and this be the one i feel should have be produce specially for the cinema . it hurt by be a television product and albeit even one more slightly expensive than usual . no location filming be do and and the various segment come across a repetitive and usually culminate in a scrap between u. n. c. l. e. and thrush . of the cast and joan crawford be memorably hammy in her small role and and curt jurgens badly miscast a a sugar daddy . a a london bobby and terry thomas be as delightful a ever and and herbert lom good a the chief villain . kim darby grate though a sandy . she should have be tell to stay at home . what be surprise about this be that it manage to be more amusing and entertain than many official cinema release of the time and include in like flint and casino royale and the ambusher . i would love to know how solo and company escape from thrush h. q. after randolph death though .