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60 Years Ago, The Dumbest Bond Rip-Off Ever Failed To Start A Franchise

Mark Hill

created: Jan. 5, 2026, 12:30 p.m. | updated: Jan. 7, 2026, 12:37 p.m.

sees smarmy spy Adam Chance (Mark Richman) work to foil a Soviet plot to dust American crops with a deadly spore that reduces human skin to a bubbling green slurry. In theory, this involves a cat-and-mouse game between hardline communist Basil Malko and Soviet defector Dr. Jan Stefanik, who’s developed a deadly spore pistol. Hitting theaters 60 years ago today, Agent for H.A.R.M. Much of the plot revolves around Malko’s attempt to coerce the spore’s antidote out of Dr. Stefanik, even though it appears irrelevant to his poisoning plans. Well, it's my job to keep the pie on the table.” If Bond set the era’s gold standard, then H.A.R.M.

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