Movielogr
Madame Sin (1972)
Directed by David Greene
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A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman’s plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Bette Davis | Robert Wagner | Denholm Elliott | Gordon Jackson | Dudley Sutton | Catherine Schell | Paul Maxwell | David Healy | Alan Dobie | Al Mancini | Paul Young | Roy Kinnear | Charles Lloyd Pack | Burt Kwouk
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/21/2025 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Caught a sold out screening (we bought the last two tickets, literally) of this campy ‘70s spy thriller featuring Bette Davis in the title role. This was a pilot for a series that never got picked up and so was released for a very limited run in the U.S. and longer runs overseas in theaters.
I’d never even heard of this movie until I saw the listing for it on the Dairy Arts site. Pretty sure Tonia and I were the youngest people there by far.
It’s not a great movie but Denholm Elliott, as Madame Sin’s #2, really steals the show with his performance, so an extra half star bump for that! Davis is fun in the “lead” and Wagner does a good job as the protagonist but the story itself gets a little flat and there’s not enough action to perk you up along the way. It would have been fun to see this as a series though, even if it only lasted a single season.
Apparently this was one of SIX pilots Davis filmed during this time period, as she was broke and in need of a steady income that a TV series could provide. None of those six pilots was picked up for a series, unfortunately.
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