This is a genuinely funny movie. I noticed that another reviewer said it was "ridiculous". It's supposed to be wacky.
Tony Curtis plays a college chemistry professor who is caught by his wife kissing (actually be kissed by) a young, female student. His wife (Janet Leigh) prepares to leave for Reno for a divorce. Curtis convinces his best friend (Dean Martin) -- a television writer -- to devise an excuse for the incident...and Dean comes up with the goofy story that they're both undercover FBI agents. Leigh not only falls for it, but gets very patriotic about it. The only problem is that the real FBI catches wind of the fakery, and so do real foreign agents. Dean and Tony end up in a floundering submarine...well, not really. How do they get out this one? It's all great fun and very tongue-in-cheek.
Dean is so good here that he was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor, and the film was nominated for best comedy. Everyone in the film does what he/she needs to do, including James Whitmore and John McIntire as serious, but puzzled government agents. And, there's even a cameo by Jack Benny.
Top notch comedy. I give it a rare "8"! And, BTW, the common DVD release, which also has "How To Save A Marriage And Ruin Your Life" has a great transfer to DVD.
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