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Fathom Overview:

Fathom (1967) was a Action - Comedy Film directed by Leslie H. Martinson and produced by Peter Medak and John Kohn.

Fathom BlogHub Articles:

Announcing our 2020 Year-Long Partnership with Fathom Events: “TCM Big Screen Classics” Movie Tickets Giveaways!

By Annmarie Gatti on Jan 2, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Classic Movie Hub and Fathom Events Partnership Continues!Year-Long Movie Ticket Giveaways to TCM Big Screen Classics For the fifth consecutive year, Fathom Events and TCM present TCM Big Screen Classics — a year-long series of 15 movie classics shown on the Big Screen, each accompanied by insi... Read full article

Announcing our 2019 Year-Long Partnership with Fathom Events: “TCM Big Screen Classics” Movie Tickets Giveaways!

By Annmarie Gatti on Jan 7, 2019 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Classic Movie Hub and Fathom Events Partnership Continues! Year-Long Movie Ticket Giveaways to TCM Big Screen Classics For the fourth consecutive year, Fathom Events and TCM present TCM Big Screen Classics — a year-long series of 14 fabulous movie classics shown on the Big Screen, each accompan... Read full article

Raquel Welch Skydives and Spies in "Fathom"

By Rick29 on May 3, 2018 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Like many males from my generation, I was smitten with Raquel Welch during my teenage years. Yes, I had a poster of her on my bedroom wall (well, technically the back of the door). However, it wasn't the famous one showing her as the world's sexiest cave woman in One Million Years, B.C. Instead, my ... Read full article

Announcing our 2018 Year-Long Partnership with Fathom Events: “TCM Big Screen Classics” Movie Tickets Giveaways!

By Annmarie Gatti on Dec 10, 2017 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Classic Movie Hub and Fathom Events Partner Again for Year-Long Movie Ticket Giveaways to TCM Big Screen Classics For the third consecutive year, Fathom Events and TCM present TCM Big Screen Classics — a year-long series of 13 unforgettable movie classics shown on the Big Screen, each accomp... Read full article

Announcing our 2017 Year-Long Partnership with Fathom Events: “TCM Big Screen Classics” Movie Tickets Giveaways!

By Annmarie Gatti on Dec 23, 2016 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

The Continuation of a Beautiful Friendship… Classic Movie Hub and Fathom Events Partner Again for Year-Long Movie Ticket Giveaways for “TCM Big Screen Classics”  Yes, Gene Kelly will sing in the rain, Bette Davis will fasten her seatbelt, Jack Lemmon will get engaged — and... Read full article

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Fathom Quotes:

Fathom Harvill: I don't make a habit of murdering people I haven't been introduced to.
Fathom Harvill: [Recognising the serial number Peter has just read out] Hey - that's my passport number!
Peter Merriwether: [Looking at Fathom's passport] You know, your picture doesn't do you justice!
Fathom Harvill: The name's Fathom Harvill.
Mike, Owner of Casa Miguel: Fathom? How'd you get a name like Fathom?
Fathom Harvill: It's short for Elizabeth.
Peter Merriwether: [while watching Fathom running away from the bull] I love this world!
Fathom Harvill: Then why do you want to blow it up?
Peter Merriwether: Isn't that a little melodramatic?
Fathom Harvill: What do you call H-Bombs - light comedy?
[Starts running again]
Peter Merriwether: H-Bombs? How did H-Bombs get into this cosy chat?
Peter Merriwether: [joking with Fathom] I believe you're kidding on the square.
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Fathom Facts
The name of this movie's MacGuffin was the Fire Dragon. At first, it is described as a failsafe device that can explode a hydrogen bomb via an electronic signal but turns out later to be a a priceless Oriental ceramic treasure from the Ming Dynasty.
This 1960s spy comedy is bookended by aerial plane, parachuting and skydiving sequences. This movie was influenced by the James Bond franchise, and ironically, such above-mentioned aerial activities would actually make this picture prefigure the many aerial and flying stunt sequences which would dominate the Bond series from the 1970s onwards.
This spy spoof movie, influenced by the James Bond film franchise, features actor Tom Adams in a supporting role as Mike, the Owner of Casa Miguel. Adams actually played a James Bond knock-off character Charles Vine in three movies during the 1960s era in which this movie was made. The films were The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World, Where the Bullets Fly and O.K. Yevtushenko.
Richard Briers has claimed in interviews that he finds the plot of this film hard to fathom
The opening title sequence was designed by Maurice Binder who regularly did the opening titles for the James Bond movies from the 1960s right up until the late 1980s.
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