An UNCLE agent manages to get through with part of a message to head quarters before being killed. WASP the agency that were being investigated realise that he's sent a partial message and try to kill all those that they believe may have heard it. Solo (Robert Vaughn) is assigned to find out what's happening and protect an African head of state, that they believe may be the target of an assassination attempt when on a visit to Andrew Vulcan's (Fritz Weaver) chemical plant. This may be true as we know that the Vulcan plant is really a front for WASP. To help him Solo enlists the help of Elaine (Patricia Crowley) a high school sweetheart of Vulcan's, who Solo reintroduces to get close to Vulcan. This was the first of The Man From UNCLE movies, which was put together by combining two of the tv series episodes, with some additional footage. In this case 'The Vulcan Affair' and 'The Four Steps Affair'. These being two separate stories, they also adapted the scripts in order to make it work. The main example of this is that instead of the usual THRUSH the villains in this are an outfit called WASP. This is the usual light spy thriller, that entertains, though as a film betrays its TV origins. It's also interesting to note that as they were from season one the TV episodes were shown in Black and white.
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