a film called The Nude Bomb would get a PG rating". In spite of the title, the film was given a PG rating because there was no frontal nudity in the film in the opening theme sequence, a title card reads: "Would you believe. Smart's agency, called CONTROL in the TV series, was called PITS in this film, an acronym standing for "Provisional Intelligence Tactical Service".
Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ferdinand Marcos as Philippine Delegate. Vittorio Gassman as Norman Saint Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani. He wears a costume including thimbles over each finger, and his mountain lair is entered via a giant zipper. Norman Saint-Sauvage, the KAOS fashion designer, finds everyone else's clothing designs gauche, so he builds a machine capable of cloning his favorite seamstress and implements the Nude Bombs. Pamela Hensley, who was by now well known to science fiction fans for playing Princess Ardala in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, appeared as Agent 36.Īgent Maxwell Smart is called back into service in order to stop a nefarious KAOS terrorist plan from exploding a bomb that destroys only clothing, so as to leave KAOS as the only supplier of clothes to the entire world. Joey Forman, who played Harry Hoo in the TV series, was recast as Agent 13. Sylvia Kristel, at the time best known for her appearances in the Emmanuelle erotic film series, makes a brief appearance as Agent 34, with Andrea Howard as Agent 22 (in a role similar to Agent 99) and Vittorio Gassman playing the Blofeld-like villain. Agent 99, played by Barbara Feldon in the series, does not appear in the film nor is she referenced Feldon claimed that she was unaware of the film's production and was not asked to reprise her role, but wouldn't have accepted in any case. Furthermore, Adams and Robert Karvelas (as Larrabee) were the only original cast members of the TV series to reprise their roles for the film.ĭana Elcar plays the Chief in this film due to the death of Edward Platt, the original Chief, in 1974. Ĭo-creators Mel Brooks and Buck Henry notably had no involvement in the making of the film.
It was retitled The Return of Maxwell Smart for television. It stars Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, and was directed by Clive Donner. The Nude Bomb (also known as The Return of Maxwell Smart) is a 1980 American spy comedy film based on the television series Get Smart.