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Released at the peak of the James Bond success, this spy spoof concerns a bumbling out-of-work writer who is hired by the British intelligence service to carry out a covert mission in Czechoslovakia. Needless to say, he soon attracts the attention of a beautiful spy.

Keywords:

Comedy, Spy, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1965) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

Dirk Bogarde	.... Nicholas Whistler
Sylva Koscina	.... Vlasta Simoneva
Robert Morley	.... Colonel Cunliffe
Leo McKern	.... Simoneva
Roger Delgado	.... Josef
Derek Fowlds	.... Sun Bathing Man

Supporting Cast:

Amanda Grinling	.... Cunliffe's secretary
Noel Harrison	.... Johnnie
Philo Hauser
John Junkin	.... Clerk in Opening Scene
Gertan Klauber	.... Technician in Cech Glass Factory
John Le Mesurier	.... Roger Allsop
Jill Melford	.... Lorna
Derek Nimmo	.... Fred
Richard Pasco	.... Plakov
Alan Tivern
Eric Pohlmann	.... Galushka
Richard Vernon	.... Roddinghead
Brook Williams
Norman Bird	.... Employment Exchange Clerk

Directors:

Ralph L. Thomas

Writers:

Lionel Davidson
Lukas Heller