George Cole plays a "sanitary engineer" who, by mistake, grabs the plans for a new atomic device developed in the same company where he works and goes on holiday. Through a series of misunderstandings, he finds himself in Russia where he is greeted as a scientist who got tired of capitalism and will offer his services to communism. This mild Cold War comedy throws satirical barbs at both sides of the fence (the West being represented by England this time), but doesn't have enough laughs. Oscar Homolka, as the "comrade" who recruits Cole, is fine, and Nadia Gray, as a Russian translator who's assigned to watch over Cole, brightens up every scene she's in, but they both have too little screen time. All in all, a rather forgettable time-passer. ** out of 4.
Review of Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow
