The sad thing is they made the movie like it was an early version of Austin Powers and satire, yet if they'd followed the book, which is an action thriller, it would have come out much more thrilling than The Bourne Supremacy or any of the Bond Films. The waste of a good story when made into a film.
I think women from the 50's and 60's were much more sexy than the ones in Hollyweird now. Huh, and they kept their clothes on. I've heard it said that the brain is the first sex organ, and that the thought, suggestion is good to get a man/woman started. I like the whole idea of thinking about it before doing it.
Just think Marilyn, jean harlow ( a little earlier), Maureen O'Hara, gosh there were so many.
Cyd Charisse looks just like Raquel Welch in this, and there's a bevy of beauties in the film.