It was an attempt to bring back the Bulldog Drummond character, who was a a number of movies in the 30’s and 40’s, by blending with the then current James Bond spy movie craze.
Personally I like the movie, which was followed by Some Girls Do which ended the attempt to bring back Bulldog Drummond.
It featured Elke Sommer & Sylva Koscina, two Eurobabes that many in the US have forgotten, but not me.
“Personally I like the movie, which was followed by Some Girls Do which ended the attempt to bring back Bulldog Drummond.”
With good reason. “Some Girls Do” was a ghastly sequel that hyped up the camp quotient into making it seem like Austin Powers on steroids. Nonetheless, “Deadlier Than The Male” is very good IMHO and a truly enjoyable and worthy competitor to the Bond series. Here’s a good article on the film:
http://doubleosection.blogspot.com/2009/01/movie-review-deadlier-than-male.html