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Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971)

G 110 min  -  Adventure | Comedy  -   September 1972 (Turkey)
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Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion... See full summary »

Director:

Leslie H. Martinson

Writers:

Rosalind Russell (screenplay), Dorothy Gilman (book)

Stars:

Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin and Nehemiah Persoff
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rosalind Russell ...
Darren McGavin ...
Nehemiah Persoff ...
Berisha
Harold Gould ...
Nexdhet
Albert Paulsen Albert Paulsen ...
Perdido
John Beck ...
Lulash
Dana Elcar Dana Elcar ...
James Wellman James Wellman ...
Dennis Cross Dennis Cross ...
Nick Katurich Nick Katurich ...
Stefan
Don Diamond Don Diamond ...
DeGamez
Robert Donner Robert Donner ...
Larrabee
Tom Hallick ...
Roger
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Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and she's widowed. And being just what the department needed (someone who looks and acts completely unlike a spy), she's assigned to simple courier duty to pick up a book in Mexico City. But when the pickup doesn't go as plan, Mrs. Pollifax finds herself handcuffed to a handsome stranger on a plane bound for an Albania prison. And it's up to her to get them out. Written by Kathy Li  

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Plot Keywords:

Spy | CIA | Mexico | Boredom | Jail  | See more »

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Before she joined the CIA, Mrs. Polifax thought Red China was a set of dishes. See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Turkey) See more »

Also Known As:

Beklenmeyen macera See more »

Filming Locations:

Grand Teton National Park, Moose, Wyoming, USA See more »

Company Credits

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United Artists See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color
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Trivia

Final film of Rosalind Russell. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Mrs. Pollifax looks in the mirror at the reflection of her hotel door, the digits of her hotel room number(700) should all be mirror images, including the "7" digit. But although the digits are correctly reversed in their order (007), the "7" is NOT reversed, as its mirror image actually would be. This is presumably because the film-makers didn't want the audience to miss the allusion to James Bond's number, 007. See more »

Crazy Credits

Research for this film was done from a documentary picture - "The Three Faces of Communism" which was filmed in present day occupied Albania. See more »

Connections

Version of The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999) See more »