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The Silencers has the distinction of being the first Matt Helm novel adapted as a film.The movie version was released in 1966 and starred Dean Martin as Helm. Rather than follow Hamilton's storyline, the filmmakers took elements of the plot, combined it with elements of the first Helm book, Death of a Citizen, and cast the story in a comedic vein, spoofing the James Bond film franchise.
The book opens in the midst of the Fourth Wave and follows Cassie's quest to find her brother, Sammy, after he is taken by U.S. Army soldiers. Cassie is shot by an Other-affiliated sniper, a "Silencer", from the woods on her trek, and is later rescued by Evan Walker, who nurses her back to health and agrees to help her find her brother.
Matt Helm is a fictional character created by American author Donald Hamilton (1916-2006). Helm is a U.S. government counter-agent, a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in most spy thrillers.
Death of a Citizen was one of the source novels for the film The Silencers, which was based upon one of the novel's early sequels. Death of a Citizen is nearly unique as one of two Matt Helm novels not to use a noun as the title (i.e. The Silencers, The Ravagers, etc.), the other being the fifth book in the series, Murderers' Row.
The Silencers is a 1966 American spy comedy film directed by Phil Karlson, starring Dean Martin as agent Matt Helm. The screenplay by Oscar Saul is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Donald Hamilton , while also adapting elements of Hamilton's first Helm novel, Death of a Citizen (1960).
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The Silencers is a comic book series created by Fred Van Lente (writer) and Steve Ellis (artist). [1] The series is published by Moonstone Books . The series involves The Silencers, super-powered humans that happen to be the muscle for the Provenzano Mob Family.