Robert Sellers on The Battle for Bond, Part One - SpyMaster Interview #98
Agents Scott and Cam welcome author Robert Sellers to the show to reveal the secrets behind writing his controversial 2007 book The Battle for Bond! He also discusses the complicated and surprising history of the 1965 Bond adventure Thunderball.
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Theme music by Doug Astley.
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206. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - Guest: John Rain from Smersh Pod
Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative John Rain from Smersh Pod, cry out for Tabasco sauce while decoding Roger Moore's second Bond adventure, The Man with the Golden Gun.
Directed by Guy Hamilton. Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Richard Loo and Soon-Tek Oh.
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You can also buy John's books, including Thunderbook: The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod, on Amazon. You can also follow him on Bluesky and X.
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205. A Southern Yankee (1948)
Agents Scott and Cam put on fancy dresses and crawl into a doghouse while taking on the 1948 Red Skelton Civil War spy comedy A Southern Yankee.
Directed by Edward Sedgwick. Starring Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris, Lloyd Gough and John Ireland.
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Richard Wenk on The Equalizer Trilogy - SpyMaster Interview #97
Agents Scott and Cam welcome screenwriter Richard Wenk to the show to reveal the secrets behind creating The Equalizer trilogy. He also shares stories about writing The Mechanic remake, The Protégé, and more!
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204. The Equalizer (2014)
Agents Scott and Cam clock in for a very bloody shift at Home Mart while tackling the 2014 Denzel Washington action-thriller The Equalizer.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Haley Bennett, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo and David Meunier.
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