A Russian spy is assigned to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilisation. Without much intelligence of his own, the distrusted Soviet intelligence agent needs all the help he can get from his 'talented' partner Penelope Lightfeather as they scatter around the French countryside for secret rendezvous while trying to avoid being caught by counterintelligence agents and distrustful communist operatives.
Costume
Bardot's wardrobe doing 90% of the comedic heavy lifting.
Acting
Perkins playing against Psycho type as a bumbling Soviet disaster.
Director
Édouard Molinaro
Brigitte Bardot
Penelope 'Penny' Lightfeather
Anthony Perkins
Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
Grégoire Aslan
Bagda
Jean-Marc Tennberg
Inspector Cartwright
Hans Verner
Donald Farrington
André Luguet
Sir Reginald Dumfrey
Hélène Dieudonné
Mamie
Jacques Monod
Surgeon - the chauffeur
Denise Provence
Lady Barbara Dumfrey
Charles Millot
Fedor Alexandrovitch Balaniev
Paul Demange
Bank director
Jacques Hilling
Le Lord-Admiral
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as Goldfinger, this was France's attempt to cash in on the spy craze with Bardot's sex appeal substituting for actual gadgets.
Perkins and Bardot reportedly couldn't stand each other on set, which somehow makes their on-screen chemistry even more baffling.
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