Too many fans seem to be blown away

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

I was looking at another post. Saw Wagner's name and suddenly remembered this movie. And here I thought I was the only one. This came out in 1968. So I probable saw if between then and 1973 when I went to college. That is forty years! And I can still remember scenes from it. Compiling the dossier on the people on the yacht. Wagner leaving on the helicopter. His humiliations by Peter Lawford.So why does this film stick with people? It is fun and kinda cool. Wagner doesn't start out on top. But eventually ends up their. Great locations. I would certainly pick it up. BTW-I saw Robert Wagners name when doing research on Clark Gable. Clark Gable's golf caddy at one time was------Robert Wagner. Small town Hollywood.

I frequently search to see if this has been released. As of 6/2011, still, no dice. I have a Betamax recording of it off of TV from some time in the early 80's (with commercials). I had it transferred to a DVD. I can watch it, but the quality is what you'd expect from an ancient VCR recording. God, I wish Universal would release this.This film made me a fan of Robert Wagner, Peter Lawford, and Walter Pidgeon (OK, Forbidden Planet made me a fan of Pidgeon). The movie was hugely influential on me. I guess I relate to Wagner's character -- he's a dilettante who just can't quite seem to make it to the top. It's unfortunate that Lawford didn't make more movies like this. He's a great villain, reminiscent of Largo from Thunderball.

Robert Wagner is very good portraying directionless young American, living abroad and working as a bartender, who chances to run into Jill St. John, a former girlfriend from college. She invites him to vacation with her family in Monte Carlo, which begins a series of oneupmanship games with Jill's father, a fanatic for competitive sports. Once Wagner realizes the wealthy titan is only vulnerable against one other person, he turns amateur sleuth in the hopes of exposing his host and his weakness. TV-made film with an apparently large budget, imaginative visual tricks and gorgeous locations. Though quite necessarily told in flashback, it is too bad the script and story are so ritzy that they occasionally confound the viewer, with a nervous breakdown/brainwashing midsection which seems an abstraction. Still good, however, and Wagner is more animated than usual (he often looks wounded or confused, which suits his handsome stoicism). Jill St. John is once again a curvy, haughty dish (in a variety of wacky sunglasses) and Peter Lawford is amazingly controlled and enigmatic as Wagner's adversary.

Hey everyone. Its me! The guy who wrote comments on this movie over 5 years ago as the "Brain-8, mysurf@msn.com" back in September 1999. Well, guess what....I STILL NEED THIS MOVIE! Yes, sad but true, no luck in getting my hands on ANYTHING (except movie stills) relating to this movie. This movie is harder to find than Osama Bin Ladin, for cryin' out loud. Yes, I feel the grim reaper tappin' on my shoulders and all I want is a stinking copy of this flick. No, I don't want to win the lottery or fall in love with a Victoria Secrets super-model...just one flippin' copy of this movie! How hard can that be, right? Pretty hard, i guess...no one has it. But please let me know if you can help (post a message).I leave you with a quote from the film (as best i can recall):* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Jack Washington: "All I wanted to do was win".Ned Pine:"You wanted me to jump over the net and shake your hand? Well, you can forget it! Look at you...you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Are we really having this conversation? Do you really think for one minute you have the upper hand? Well...do you?!<Ned Pine pulls a small knife hidden in his racket ball handle, and holds to Jack Washingtons throat>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Oh, man. What a great movie. Forever lost? You tell me.PS: I NEED THIS MOVIE!! (smiles)