Wednesday, December 4, 2019

The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)

Somewhat confusing exploitation spy romp. Sumuru (Shirley Eaton) aims to conquer the world for womenkind and has an army of hot amazons to do her bidding which usually involves killing men. CIA agent Nick West (George Nader) infiltrates her organisation and makes Sumuru think he can finally help her achieve her aim by killing President Boong (Klaus Kinski). Meanwhile Nick brings his old buddy Tommy (Frankie Avalon) along as help though he is somewhat unenthusiastic until the final gunfight.

Sumuru's plot and evil lair is straight out of Fu Manchu territory especially with the Oriental setting for most of the film. Her plans make as much sense too. But a lot of flesh is revealed by most of the actors which is probably the point.

It seems to be a spoof of 60s spy films (and if it isn't it really should have been). The film looks gorgeous and is very campy but leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Such as, why does Boong have a telephone in his drinks cabinet, does it have it's own entry in the telephone directory?