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Murderers' Row (1966)
Secret Agent Matt Helm has special kit with three British half crowns
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The 1966 film "Murderers' Row" is a comedy film about Matt Helm (Dean Martin), a secret agent
who is assigned to stop a group of villians called "BIG O" from blowing up the United States
capital in Washington D.C. Along the way he encounters beautiful Suzie (Ann-Margret) and
Coco Duquette (Camilla Sparv).
Matt is given a spy kit similar to the one given to James Bond in "From Russia With Love", however
while James Bond receives 50 gold sovereigns, Matt has to make do with three British half crowns,
worth around 50 US cents each at the time.
1. Matt Helm's spy kit
He receives a pistol, a silencer, six bullets, and three British half crowns.
2. Half crown reverse
The half crown is a British Queen Elizabeth II half crown dated 1963.
3. Half crown obverse
A British Queen Elizabeth half crown coin dated 1963:
4. Great Britain half crown 1963
Copper-nickel, 32 mm, 14.14 gm
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Dean Martin as Matt Helm
Ann-Margret as Suzie
Camilla Sparv as Coco Duquette
Director: Henry Levin
Writers: Herbert Baker, based on the 1962 novel Murderers' Row by Donald Hamilton
Ann-Margret as Suzie
Camilla Sparv as Coco Duquette
Writers: Herbert Baker, based on the 1962 novel Murderers' Row by Donald Hamilton
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