The Karate Killers

The Karate Killers
Directed byBarry Shear
Written byNorman Hudis
Story byBoris Ingster
Produced byBoris Ingster
StarringRobert Vaughn
David McCallum
Curd Jürgens
Telly Savalas
Herbert Lom
Terry-Thomas
Joan Crawford
CinematographyFred Koenekamp
Edited byWilliam B. Gulick
Music byGerald Fried
Jerry Goldsmith (theme)
Production
company
Release dates
  • July 22, 1967 (1967-07-22)
(Tokyo)
  • August 3, 1967 (1967-08-03)
(London)
Running time
92 Min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Karate Killers is a 1967 American spy film and feature-length film version of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'s third season two-part episode "The Five Daughters Affair". The episodes were originally broadcast in the United States on March 31, 1967, and April 7, 1967, on NBC. It, as does the television series, stars Robert Vaughn and David McCallum.[1] It is the sixth such feature film that used as its basis a reedited version of one or more episodes from the series. Joan Crawford,[2] Telly Savalas, Herbert Lom,[3][4] Diane McBain, Jill Ireland, and Kim Darby[4] are among those in the cast. The film was directed by Barry Shear and written by Norman Hudis with the story by Boris Ingster.[1]

  1. ^ a b "The Karate Killers". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Bret 2006, p. 247.
  3. ^ Quirk & Schoell 2002, p. 229.
  4. ^ a b Heitland 1987, p. 242.