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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 19, 2012
Category: Movies | Spies and Secret Agents | 1960s | Parody

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Fortunately, while this treasure of the silver screen was playing I was on the high seas.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/19/12 at 10:12 AM

It's a parody, which is why they had Tony Randall playing against his (perceived) type. Besides, Paul, I don't think you are giving Randall enough credit. At 75 he married a hottie 1/3 his age and then started fathering kids. (All after his first wife died -- and he stayed married to her for 50 years.) The guy really was kind of a mensch.

Posted by Frank H on 06/19/12 at 12:14 PM

Frank H: time for the Tony Randall Reappraisal!

Posted by Paul on 06/19/12 at 12:39 PM

I could enjoy a movie with Herbert Lom (Chief Inspector Dreyfus) and Terry Thomas as co-stars.

Posted by KDP on 06/19/12 at 12:56 PM

Wilfred Hyde-White and John Le Mesurier won't hurt, either. Amazon has a copy on VHS and a Region 2 DVD.

Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 06/19/12 at 08:05 PM

But who'd have thought of Oscar as a crime solving coroner either?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/19/12 at 08:51 PM

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