A British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers.A British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers.A British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers.
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- 1 nomination
Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Mr. Luke - British consul
- (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Jill Balcon
- Wardress
- (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
- Cafe Mimosa Patron
- (uncredited)
John Boxer
- Police Sergeant at Customs Cafe
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe large signet ring that Commandant Razinski wears on his right hand little finger was one of Marius Goring's own. He wears it again many times in The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) as Sir Percy Blakeney and in The Old Men at The Zoo (1983) as Emile Englander.
- GoofsAt about 1:16, as Clark/Lockwood are about to emerge from the woods, they have a short dialogue re the insects and why/how/etc. Immediately after Clark says,"They're just insects," he rises from a squatting position and what sounds like a mellifluous bit of flatulence can be noted.
- Quotes
Bill Casey: [referring to police Commandant Razinski] There's a rumor going around that he had a mother.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Player (1992)
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Easy-going nonsense
Frances (Margaret Lockwood) volunteers to go into an Eastern un-named country (with a peculiar un-named language that the actors have had to learn) as a spy to smuggle back insects that are being used in the development of germ warfare. When her contact Alf (Eugene Deckers) is murdered, she continues her mission with reporter Bill (Dane Clark). However, the Chief of Police, Razinski (Marius Goring) seems to pop up at every stage of her mission......
The problem with this film is that there is no real tension or feeling of danger. The lives of Frances and Bill are in danger and yet there is no suspense. They should have been more scared. Dane Clark is like-able but what have they done to Lockwood? She looks like Angela Rippon (English newsreader from the 1970's with terrible, frumpy hair). Lockwood's look is NOT good. Turning to the rest of the cast, they are all fine.
The plot is extremely daft with the inclusion of some nonsense about how Frances incorporates a radio show to determine her actions in order to get the job done. There are also numerous unreal situations, eg, the escape to the woods by Frances and Bill with a whole army unit combing the grounds for them. Basically, these two clowns would have been caught and shot. For the sake of the film, we have a different outcome. Overall, it's lightweight fluff but I'm not sure this was the intention.
The problem with this film is that there is no real tension or feeling of danger. The lives of Frances and Bill are in danger and yet there is no suspense. They should have been more scared. Dane Clark is like-able but what have they done to Lockwood? She looks like Angela Rippon (English newsreader from the 1970's with terrible, frumpy hair). Lockwood's look is NOT good. Turning to the rest of the cast, they are all fine.
The plot is extremely daft with the inclusion of some nonsense about how Frances incorporates a radio show to determine her actions in order to get the job done. There are also numerous unreal situations, eg, the escape to the woods by Frances and Bill with a whole army unit combing the grounds for them. Basically, these two clowns would have been caught and shot. For the sake of the film, we have a different outcome. Overall, it's lightweight fluff but I'm not sure this was the intention.
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- Jan 31, 2011
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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