Jan 27, 2026
Welcome to 2026! The Monday Afternoon Movie's latest season
continues. Our featured film today stars a couple of legendary
icons of the screen, big and small. It's also completely wacky and
an all over the place bargain bin James Bond clone.
The 1972 film, starring Bette Davis and
Robert Wagner, centers on Madame Sin, a wealthy,
brilliant, and deeply manipulative woman who runs a private
organization that trains people to be elite criminals. She recruits
individuals with specialized skills—pilots, scientists,
strategists—and molds them into a secret force she can control. Her
operation is polished and almost glamorous, but underneath it’s all
about power and domination.
A former British
intelligence officer (Wagner) who’s been burned by the system, is
lured into Madame Sin’s world. At first, the offer looks tempting:
money, prestige, and a chance to use his talents again. But he soon
realizes that Madame Sin’s ambitions go far beyond crime for
profit. She wants leverage over governments and plans a massive,
high-stakes scheme that could destabilize international
politics.
Joining Sam Pancake today is actor, writer, and
90-second historian Brandon Johnston. Follow him
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History series.
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This episode was engineered & produced by Meika Grimm.