American James Bond

There have been some attempts to create an American character to match Ian Fleming's debonair British spy James Bond, but they have not come close. Dean Martin did a passable job portraying Matt Helm but did not acieve anything like any of the stars who played Bond. James Coburn was entertaining as Our Man Flint but certainly no Sean Connery. The Jack Ryan movies fall far short of the best of Bond. Someone may conjure a character and a great actor may be found to play the part, and someday there may be an American spy story that stands up compared to James Bond.