You have to suspend belief to watch Dean Martin play the world's best secret agent. The man seems intoxicated much of the time and mentally retarded all of the time. It's pretty much the same experience you might get if you watched Gary Busey play the Pope.
Karl Malden adds nothing to the movie, either. I know that he is a good actor; but, for this movie, he's keeping that fact to himself. Is there a bright spot in this movie?
Yes. Ann Margaret, a woman we see far too seldom in the movies, plays the daughter of a scientist and, like the daughter of a scientist, she dances a lot; in fact, the five minutes during which the woman dances are the most enjoyable in the entire movie.
I don't hold anything against Dean Martin...loved his television show; however, his scattered concentration doesn't play well in a ninety minute movie.
Watch this movie only if it will get your name entered in a car raffle...
Karl Malden adds nothing to the movie, either. I know that he is a good actor; but, for this movie, he's keeping that fact to himself. Is there a bright spot in this movie?
Yes. Ann Margaret, a woman we see far too seldom in the movies, plays the daughter of a scientist and, like the daughter of a scientist, she dances a lot; in fact, the five minutes during which the woman dances are the most enjoyable in the entire movie.
I don't hold anything against Dean Martin...loved his television show; however, his scattered concentration doesn't play well in a ninety minute movie.
Watch this movie only if it will get your name entered in a car raffle...