Agent 8 3/4 (1964)
"Hot Enough for June" (original title)

Unemployed Czech-speaking writer Nicholas Whistler thinks he's got a job visiting Prague for a bit of industrial espionage. In fact he is now in the employ of British Intelligence. His ... See full summary »

Director:

Ralph Thomas

Writers:

Lukas Heller (screenplay), Lionel Davidson (novel)

Stars:

Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina, Robert Morley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dirk Bogarde	...	Nicholas Whistler
Sylva Koscina	...	Vlasta Simoneva
Robert Morley	...	Colonel Cunliffe
Leo McKern	...	Simoneva
Roger Delgado	...	Josef
Derek Fowlds	...	Sun Bathing Man
Amanda Grinling	...	Cunliffe's secretary
Noel Harrison	...	Johnnie
Philo Hauser	...	Vlcek
John Junkin	...	Clerk in Opening Scene
Gertan Klauber	...	Technician in Czech Glass Factory
John Le Mesurier	...	Roger Allsop
Jill Melford	...	Lorna
Derek Nimmo	...	Fred
Richard Pasco	...	Plakov

Storyline

Unemployed Czech-speaking writer Nicholas Whistler thinks he's got a job visiting Prague for a bit of industrial espionage. In fact he is now in the employ of British Intelligence. His pretty chauffeuse on arrival behind the Iron Curtain, Comrade Simonova, is herself a Czech agent. Just as well she's immediately attracted to 007's unwitting replacement.

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Plot Keywords:

writer | british intelligence | month in title | spy spoof | spying | 

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Taglines:

He's a special kind of spy... he doesn't know enough to come in from the cold!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 1964 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Agent 008 3/4

Filming Locations:

Padua, Veneto, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rank Organisation, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was released in the USA on a double bill with Underworld Informers (as Underworld Informers).

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Goofs

As Whistler takes cover on the parade float, one of the men travelling alongside him stares and waves at the camera.

User Reviews

'The 39 Steps Revisited'

Released in the wake of 'From Russia With Love', 'Hot Enough For June' was one of the earliest 007 spoofs. 007 is referred to ( reportedly killed in action! ) in the opening scene. Nicholas Whistler ( Dirk Bogarde ) is dragged out of the dole queue, and sent to Prague by what believes to be a glass-manufacturing company. In actual fact, he is being used as an unwitting secret agent by M15, to recover a stolen Communist formula. Once Whistler realises the awful truth, the film turns into 'The 39 Steps' revisited! Bogarde plays Whistler much like Dr.Simon Sparrow, the best performances come from the irreplaceable Robert Morley as the delightfully droll Colonel Cunliffe, and gruff Leo McKern as his Russian opposite number. Sylva Koscina provides glamour as McKern's daughter, with whom Whistler falls in love. Ralph Thomas expertly mixes the comedy and suspense, the audience is cheering Whistler on as he makes a desperate attempt to enter the British Embassy in Prague at the climax. Good fun.