Disappointing

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Given the pedigree of this film, one would expect much more of it. Oddball casting -- Burl Ives as a German doctor?  Maureen O'Hara as a strangely accentless English secretary?  Ernie Kovacs as a brutal Cuban police official? -- is a distraction, as is the odd juxtaposition of tone.

Ostensibly a "spoof" of spy thrillers, the film never achieves a consistent comic tone.  Unfortunately, it also fails to succeed as a thriller.

score 3/10

doriob-2 8 January 2001

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