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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Matt_Helm_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Matt Helm (disambiguation)">Matt Helm (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Fictional character</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256394594">.mw-parser-output .ib-character{border-spacing:2px 5px}.mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-above,.mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-header{background-color:#DEDEE2}.mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-image img{background-color:#f8f9fa}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-above,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-header{background:hsl(240,6%,20%);color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-above,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-header{background:hsl(240,6%,20%);color:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox ib-character"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme">Matt Helm</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Citizen" title="Death of a Citizen">Death of a Citizen</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Damagers" title="The Damagers">The Damagers</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Hamilton" title="Donald Hamilton">Donald Hamilton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Male</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">Spy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">assassin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data">United States government</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matt Helm</b> is a fictional character created by American author <a href="/wiki/Donald_Hamilton" title="Donald Hamilton">Donald Hamilton</a> (1916-2006). Helm is a U.S. government counter-agent, a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in most <a href="/wiki/Spy_fiction" title="Spy fiction">spy thrillers</a>. </p><p>Helm appeared in 27 adventure/suspense novels by Hamilton, first published in 1960, and the character was later adapted into film, television and other media. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_character_and_the_books">The character and the books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The character and the books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Published between 1960 and 1993, the 27 books in the series portrayed Helm, who acquired the code name "Eric" during his secret wartime assignments, as jaded, ruthless, pragmatic, and competent. The series was noted for its between-books <a href="/wiki/Continuity_(fiction)" title="Continuity (fiction)">continuity</a>, which was somewhat rare for the genre. In the later books, Helm's origins as a man of action in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> disappeared and he became an <a href="/wiki/Floating_timeline" title="Floating timeline">apparently ageless</a> character, a common fate of long-running fictional heroes. </p><p>The first book in the series, <i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Citizen" title="Death of a Citizen">Death of a Citizen</a>,</i> takes place in the summer of 1958, 13 years after the end of the war. In the book, other characters describe Helm as verging on middle age and apparently soft and out of shape, although no specific age for him is given. In the next story, which apparently takes place in the summer of 1959, a hostile agent from a rival American spy organization taunts Helm as a shopworn 36-year-old and clearly over the hill as a physical specimen. Later in the book, Helm himself says that he is 36 years old. Writer <a href="/wiki/Hayford_Peirce" title="Hayford Peirce">Hayford Peirce</a> examined the issue of Helm's age, and found this figure to be improbably young given the information about Helm's background in <i>Death of a Citizen.</i><sup id="cite_ref-Peirce_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peirce-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peirce postulated that Helm was actually several years older than the 36 years mentioned in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(novel)" title="The Wrecking Crew (novel)">The Wrecking Crew</a></i> and that he was probably born around 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-Peirce_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peirce-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By <i><a href="/wiki/The_Betrayers" title="The Betrayers">The Betrayers</a></i>, the tenth book, the age issue vanishes completely.<sup id="cite_ref-Peirce_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peirce-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Critic <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Boucher" title="Anthony Boucher">Anthony Boucher</a> wrote: "Donald Hamilton has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of <a href="/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett" title="Dashiell Hammett">Dashiell Hammett</a>; and his stories are as compelling, and probably as close to the sordid truth of espionage, as any now being told."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Detective_Fiction" title="Golden Age of Detective Fiction">Golden Age</a> mystery writer <a href="/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr" title="John Dickson Carr">John Dickson Carr</a>, who began reviewing books for <i><a href="/wiki/Ellery_Queen%27s_Mystery_Magazine" title="Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine">Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine</a></i> in 1969, "found Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm to be 'my favorite secret agent,'" wrote Carr's biographer, noting that Hamilton's books had little in common with Carr's. "The explanation may lie in Carr's comment that in espionage novels he preferred Matt Helm's '<a href="/wiki/Cloud_cuckoo_land" title="Cloud cuckoo land">cloud-cuckooland</a>'. Carr never valued realism in fiction."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_books">List of books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(all by Donald Hamilton) </p> <ol><li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Citizen" title="Death of a Citizen">Death of a Citizen</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(novel)" title="The Wrecking Crew (novel)">The Wrecking Crew</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Removers" title="The Removers">The Removers</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Silencers_(novel)" title="The Silencers (novel)">The Silencers</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murderers%27_Row_(novel)" title="Murderers' Row (novel)">Murderers' Row</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ambushers_(novel)" title="The Ambushers (novel)">The Ambushers</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadowers" title="The Shadowers">The Shadowers</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ravagers_(novel)" title="The Ravagers (novel)">The Ravagers</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devastators_(Hamilton_novel)" title="The Devastators (Hamilton novel)">The Devastators</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Betrayers" title="The Betrayers">The Betrayers</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Menacers" title="The Menacers">The Menacers</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Interlopers_(novel)" title="The Interlopers (novel)">The Interlopers</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Poisoners_(Hamilton_novel)" title="The Poisoners (Hamilton novel)">The Poisoners</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Intriguers" title="The Intriguers">The Intriguers</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Intimidators" title="The Intimidators">The Intimidators</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Terminators_(novel)" title="The Terminators (novel)">The Terminators</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Retaliators_(novel)" title="The Retaliators (novel)">The Retaliators</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Terrorizers" title="The Terrorizers">The Terrorizers</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Revengers_(novel)" title="The Revengers (novel)">The Revengers</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Annihilators_(novel)" title="The Annihilators (novel)">The Annihilators</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Infiltrators" title="The Infiltrators">The Infiltrators</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Detonators" title="The Detonators">The Detonators</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vanishers" title="The Vanishers">The Vanishers</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Demolishers" title="The Demolishers">The Demolishers</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Frighteners_(novel)" title="The Frighteners (novel)">The Frighteners</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Threateners" title="The Threateners">The Threateners</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Damagers" title="The Damagers">The Damagers</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dominators_(novel)" title="The Dominators (novel)">The Dominators</a></i> – unpublished. Hamilton finished this novel in the late 1990s, and was reportedly revising it in preparation for seeking a publisher in mid-2002.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>All of Hamilton's Matt Helm novels were first published in the United States by <a href="/wiki/Fawcett_Publications" title="Fawcett Publications">Fawcett Publications</a> under their <a href="/wiki/Gold_Medal_Books" title="Gold Medal Books">Gold Medal</a> <a href="/wiki/Imprint_(trade_name)" title="Imprint (trade name)">imprint</a>. </p><p>These titles have since been republished by <a href="/wiki/Titan_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan Books">Titan Books</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Matt_Helm_in_other_media">Matt Helm in other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Matt Helm in other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Matt_Helm" title="Special:EditPage/Matt Helm">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1965, <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a> acquired the film rights to eight Matt Helm novels.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A five-film parody or spoof spy movie series was planned and four were produced, debuting with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Silencers_(film)" title="The Silencers (film)">The Silencers</a></i> (from Hamilton's novels <i>The Silencers</i> and <i>Death of a Citizen</i>, adapted by acclaimed <a href="/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_(1951_film)" title="A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)"><i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i></a> screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Saul" title="Oscar Saul">Oscar Saul</a>). The series was produced by <a href="/wiki/Irving_Allen" title="Irving Allen">Irving Allen</a>, former partner of <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> film producer <a href="/wiki/Albert_R._Broccoli" title="Albert R. Broccoli">Albert R. Broccoli</a>. They were made to star <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a>, who co-produced them with his Meadway-Claude Production company and received a share of the profits. </p><p>The films used the name Matt Helm, his cover identity, plus book titles and some very loose plot elements, but otherwise the series bore no resemblance to the character, atmosphere, or themes of Hamilton's original books, nor to the hard-edged action of Bond. </p><p>Martin played the part with his own persona of a fun-loving, easygoing, wisecracking playboy with plenty of references to singing and alcohol consumption. Helm's government agency, unnamed in the novels, was called Intelligence and Counter-Espionage (ICE) in the films. Like the Bond series, the Helm films featured a number of "sexy" women in each, sometimes referred to as "The Slaygirls". Martin co-starred in the films with popular '60s actresses such as <a href="/wiki/Stella_Stevens" title="Stella Stevens">Stella Stevens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ann-Margret" title="Ann-Margret">Ann-Margret</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Tate" title="Sharon Tate">Sharon Tate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elke_Sommer" title="Elke Sommer">Elke Sommer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janice_Rule" title="Janice Rule">Janice Rule</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tina_Louise" title="Tina Louise">Tina Louise</a>. </p><p>A 1970s TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Matt_Helm_(TV_series)" title="Matt Helm (TV series)">Matt Helm</a>,</i> which cast <a href="/wiki/Tony_Franciosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Franciosa">Tony Franciosa</a> as Helm, an ex-spy turned <a href="/wiki/Private_detective" class="mw-redirect" title="Private detective">private detective</a>, also departed from the books and was unsuccessful. </p><p>In 2002, it was reported that <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Pictures" title="DreamWorks Pictures">DreamWorks</a> had <a href="/wiki/Option_(films)" class="mw-redirect" title="Option (films)">optioned</a> the entire Helm book series.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2005, <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> reported that DreamWorks had signed <a href="/wiki/Michael_Brandt" title="Michael Brandt">Michael Brandt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derek_Haas" title="Derek Haas">Derek Haas</a> to write a screenplay for a high six-figure deal.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> According to the article, the film was to be a contemporary adaptation of the character, but no casting or release information was announced. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount</a> retained the film rights to the Matt Helm series after its 2008 split from DreamWorks.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, it was reported that <a href="/wiki/Alex_Kurtzman" title="Alex Kurtzman">Alex Kurtzman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Orci" title="Roberto Orci">Roberto Orci</a> would produce a more serious version of the Helm franchise, with <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> saying that the tone of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Attanasio" title="Paul Attanasio">Paul Attanasio</a>'s script had a similar tone to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bourne_Identity_(2002_film)" title="The Bourne Identity (2002 film)">The Bourne Identity</a></i>, and that <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> was considering directing or producing.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2018, <i><a href="/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood" title="Deadline Hollywood">Deadline Hollywood</a></i> reported that Tom Shepard had been hired to rewrite the script, with <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Cooper" title="Bradley Cooper">Bradley Cooper</a> attached to play Helm. Spielberg reportedly would remain involved in some unspecified capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(all starring <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a> as Helm) </p> <ol><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Silencers_(film)" title="The Silencers (film)">The Silencers</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murderers%27_Row_(film)" title="Murderers' Row (film)">Murderers' Row</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ambushers_(film)" title="The Ambushers (film)">The Ambushers</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(1968_film)" title="The Wrecking Crew (1968 film)">The Wrecking Crew</a></i> (1969)</li></ol> <p>A fifth film was planned, based upon the novel <i>The Ravagers</i>, but Martin declined the opportunity to play the role again. The title of the film was announced at the end of <i>The Wrecking Crew</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Box_office_performance">Box office performance</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Box office performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" width="99%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Film </th> <th>U.S. release date </th> <th>US/Canada <a href="/wiki/Theatrical_rental" class="mw-redirect" title="Theatrical rental">theatrical rental</a> </th> <th class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap"><abbr title="References">Ref(s)</abbr></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Silencers</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-02-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 18, 1966</span> </td> <td>$7,350,000 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-rentals_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rentals-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Murderers' Row</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 20, 1966</span> </td> <td>$6,350,000 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-rentals_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rentals-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Ambushers</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-12-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 22, 1967</span> </td> <td>$4,700,000 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-rentals_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rentals-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Wrecking Crew</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-02-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 5, 1969</span> </td> <td>$2,400,000 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">Total </th> <th>$20,800,000 </th> <th> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Home_media">Home media</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Murderer's Row</i> was initially released on <a href="/wiki/VHS" title="VHS">VHS</a> in 1980, with reissues in 1987 and 1993. <i>The Ambushers</i> was released on VHS in 1987, with a reissue in 1996. <i>The Silencers</i> and <i>The Wrecking Crew</i> were both released on VHS only in 1996, with no reissues for either film. The 1996 releases consisted of 2 box sets, one containing <i>Murderer's Row</i> and <i>The Ambushers</i>, with the other containing <i>The Silencers</i> and <i>The Wrecking Crew</i>. It is unknown if these releases were sold exclusively as box sets, or if they were also issued individually. A 4-<a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> box set containing the four films was released in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> in December 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_series">Television series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Television series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Helm_(TV_series)" title="Matt Helm (TV series)">Matt Helm (TV series)</a></div> <p>A television series loosely based upon Hamilton's character was launched by the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC Network</a> in 1975. Titled simply <i><a href="/wiki/Matt_Helm_(TV_series)" title="Matt Helm (TV series)">Matt Helm</a>,</i> the series starred <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Franciosa" title="Anthony Franciosa">Anthony Franciosa</a> as a retired spy who becomes a <a href="/wiki/Private_detective" class="mw-redirect" title="Private detective">private detective</a>. After being launched by a pilot TV movie, it ran for only 14 episodes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manga">Manga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Manga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, Jin Kimura (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">木村仁</span>), also known as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitsuhisa_Kimura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mitsuhisa Kimura (page does not exist)">Mitsuhisa Kimura</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E6%9D%91%E5%85%89%E4%B9%85" class="extiw" title="ja:木村光久">ja</a>]</span> (Japanese: <span lang="ja">木村光久</span>) drew <i>Matt Helm Series</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">マット・ヘルム・シリーズ</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Matto Herumu Shirīzu</i></span>)</span>, based on the novel, in the magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Boy%27s_Life_(Japanese_magazine)" title="Boy's Life (Japanese magazine)">Boy's Life</a></i> (Japanese: <span lang="ja">ボーイズライフ</span>), November 1968 – March 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Greene, New York, 1995</li> <li><i>Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection</i>, by Chris Steinbrunner and Otto Penzler, New York, 1976, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-07-061121-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-07-061121-1">0-07-061121-1</a></li> <li>"Spielberg Spying Matt Helm: Secret Agent May Be Subject of Director's Next Film", by Michael Fleming, <i>Variety</i>, Wed., Jul. 29, 2009</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matt_Helm&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Article on the history of the Matt Helm films: "<a rel="nofollow" class="external 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