MADAME SIN with Brandon Johnston

MADAME SIN with Brandon Johnston

From Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie by TableCakes Productions

January 26, 2026 · 1h 35m

About this episode

The episode discusses the 1972 film MADAME SIN, featuring a discussion with actor Brandon Johnston about its themes and characters.

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 on Tik Tok…

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