S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert

Richard Maibaum, chief scriptwriter for the early Bond films, wrote and gets "created by" credit for this well-made TV pilot, which plays well as a feature film. I became a Cornelia Sharpe fan with her movie "The Next Man", directed by Richard Sarafian, starring opposite (who else?) Sean Connery, and it's a treat to see her as a female superspy here.

Her career never really took off, and I suppose she's been treated unfairly since her career was sponsored by her future husband Martin Bregman. He produced "S*H*E" and "The Next Man", but was best known for producing many of Al Pacino's very best movies, ranging from "Serpico" & "Dog Day Afternoon" through "Scarface" & "Sea of Love".

The production values are terrific here, way better than made-for-tv movies, perhaps because it was an international co-production. And besides a fine turn by Omar Sharif, the gargantuan British actress Isabella Rye is fun as the female equivalent of RIchard Kiel in the Bond pictures. Sharpe dominates the entire movie, and even gets to do a creditable belly-dance number, plus some tasteful backside nude scenes.

Michael Kamen's disco music score includes a song quite reminiscent of the O'Jays' great hit "Backstabbers"