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in the 1950s and no doubt wished to recreate their success with the duo's screen debut in the film. (This proved not to be the case, and no sequels were produced for the film, although the duo did appear in the 1974 film
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wrote the song "You Are" for Steve Rossi, which does appear on the soundtrack, as does the song "Don Jose, Ole" written by Tolkin and Abbott. Sinatra's title song was reused as an end title song in
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Paramount ordered the producer to have Sinatra sing in the film with Hazlewood quickly composing a title song for her reminiscent of
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had made several film appearances previously, and it was planned that she would sing a song written for her by Paramount's
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Allen & Rossi were a popular comedy team in their nightclub and television appearances, notably on
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franchise, Sinatra would the following year ironically record two versions of Barry's song "
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with the intention of reattaching its two arms of which they are in possession.
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Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television 1962-1973
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Norman Abbott
Mel Tolkin
Marty Allen
Steve Rossi
Nancy Sinatra
Theo Marcuse
Harold E. Stine
Otho Lovering
Pete King
Paramount Pictures
comedy film
spy film
Allen & Rossi
Paris
John Williams
Theo Marcuse
Venus de Milo
spy film
spoofs
cigarette commercials
closed-circuit television
channel
cowboy
Marlboro Man
black right eye
I'd rather switch than fight
Statue of Liberty
segue
stock footage

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