The Nasty Rabbit (1964)

User Rating:

1.9/10   

Director:

James Landis

Writers:

Jim Critchfield (writer)
Arch Hall Sr. (writer)

Release Date:

December 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S. |

Plot Keywords:

Rabbit | Spy | Biological Weapon | Counter Espionage | Reference To John Wayne

Cast

Michael Terr	...	Mischa Lowzoff (as Mischa Terr)
Arch Hall Jr.	...	Britt Hunter
Liz Renay	...	Cecelia Solomon (as Melissa Morgan)
Arch Hall Sr.	...	Marshall Malout / Malcolm McKinley (as William Watters)
Hal Bizzy	...	Heinrich Krueger
Jack Little	...	Maxwell Stoppie
Ray Vegas	...	Pancho Gonzales
John Akana	...	Col. Kobayaski
Sharon Ryker	...	Jackie Gavin
Hal Bokar	...	Gavin

Also Known As:

Spies-a-Go-Go

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Company:

Rushmore Productions

Quotes:

Rabbit: I wonder if John Wayne had to go through this to get his start.

Finally...a film I just couldn't finish watching because it was THAT bad!

I have done well over 6000 reviews on IMDb and this might just be the first film I just couldn't bring myself to finish because it was so utterly horrible. Understand that I have watched SANTA CLAUS VS. THE MARTIANS, all of Ed Wood's films from the 1950s and countless other "bad films" (including EEGAH--also by Arch Hall Jr. and Sr.), so it's not like I don't have the stomach to sit through a bad film. However, this one just irritated me so much and the film was so pathetic that I had to turn it off to cleanse my mind! Trust me--the current rating of 1.9 is way too high!!

The film is a comedy(?) about a Soviet spy that has come to America to release a deadly talking bunny that has some sort of killer virus or something. The guy playing the Russian is an idiot and is one of the worst actors I've seen in some time....that is OTHER than most of the rest of the cast! In fact, one of the better actors was Arch Hall, Jr.--the acting(?) was that bad.

As far as comedies go, I have seen surgical films that were funnier. Another spy parody of the day, LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS (starring the totally unfunny Marty Allen and Steve Rossi) is like a Merchant-Ivory production along side this turkey. Horrible writing, acting, directing and a talking rabbit--this film is even worse than most of the YouTube videos "clever" teens make and post online. I would rather have raw sewage poured on me than watch this film to the end!!