I Spy - Tigers of Heaven [DVD]

Amazon.com In the 1960s audiences were crazy for secret agents, and two of the coolest guys to go undercover were found on television's I Spy. Robert Culp and Bill Cosby played a pair of American agents whose cover story was that they were a pair of happy-go-lucky globetrotting athletes following the "tennis circuit." The show was considered something of a milestone in the 1960s for having an African American in a lead role, but when viewed decades later what's remarkable about the show is simply how much fun it was. In the four episodes in this package Culp and Cosby run around Hong Kong and Tokyo, looking totally cool in blazers, sneakers, and sunglasses, and their battles with agents working for "the other guys" always seem to involve beautiful women. The assignments given the unlikely agents, such as finding a foreign agent who is to be traded for an American spy plane pilot, or stopping "Red China's top scientists" from waging germ warfare, are utterly implausible. But who cares? What counts is that the agents engage in flashy martial arts slugfests with enemy agents, have gun battles in back alleys, and must always ponder the motivations of the aforementioned beautiful women. These programs epitomize escapist entertainment. --Robert J. McNamara Product Description Episodes: "Weight of the World"--Red Chinese scientists attempt to test a bubonic plague-causing virus during a Japanese medical convention on obesity, but secret agents Robinson and Scott perform some spectacular sleight of hand to stop them. Co-Starring Albert Salmi and Marlyn Mason. "Tigers of Heaven" - An anti-American group in Japan provides a prime target for secret agents Robinson and Scott. Co-Starring Grant Sullivan and Teru Shinada. "Three Hours on a Sunday Night" - When an army counter-intelligence agent is relieved of some highly important microfilm in Japan, agents Robinson and Scott enter a thieves' world to recover the film. Co-Starring Julie London and Sheldon Leonard. "Always Say Goodbye" - American secret agents Robinson and Scott try to block Communist plans to sabotage a Japanese-American financial conference, with trouble unexpectedly coming from the American delegate. Co-Starring Kent Smith and Jerry Fujikawa.