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Dirk Bogarde was cast at the 11th hour. Bogarde originally turned down the film and Tom Courtenay was cast then Bogarde changed his mind due to financial reasons. Courtenay ended up starring in another spy comedy called Otley.
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A newspaper headline reads "Ralph Thomas is not a spy" which is an in-joke to the film's director.
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This movie was made and released about four years after its source novel 'Night of Wenceslas' by Lionel Davidson was first published in 1960. The book was his debut novel and won two awards, the Author's Club First Novel Award and the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers' Association.
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One of five spy films that director Ralph Thomas made in just over a decade, the others being The 39 Steps and three consecutive back-to-back-to back spy movies made during the late 1960s, Deadlier Than the Male, The High Commissioner and Some Girls Do.
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The code number of Nicholas Whistler (Dirk Bogarde) was 008. The film's American titles 'Agent 8¾' / 'Agent 008¾' vary this. These titles spoof James Bond's code number of 007. This film's storyline actually has an Agent 007 who is killed off at the start of the movie.
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The film was released in the USA on a double bill with Underworld Informers (as Underworld Informers).
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The meaning and relevance of this film's 'Hot Enough for June' English release title is that it refers to the name of a code used to identify Whistler (Dirk Bogarde)'s contact in Czechoslovakia.
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One of the first 1960s spy movie parodies and James Bond spoof films along with Carry on Spying.
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Actress Sylva Koscina had previously been considered for the role of Tatiana Romanova in the James Bond film From Russia with Love.
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The scenes set in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) were actually shot in Padua in Veneto, Italy.
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