A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead ...
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| Eric Morecambe | ... | Eric Morecambe | |
| Ernie Wise | ... | Ernie Sage | |
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William Franklyn | ... | Colonel Grant |
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April Olrich | ... | Madame Petrovna |
| Gloria Paul | ... | Gina Carlotti | |
| Richard Vernon | ... | Sir Edward Seabrook | |
| David Lodge | ... | Stage Manager | |
| Jacqueline Jones | ... | Karin | |
| Terence Alexander | ... | Reed | |
| Francis Matthews | ... | Thomas | |
| Warren Mitchell | ... | Prozoroff | |
| Brian Oulton | ... | Laundry Basket Man | |
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Michael Peake | ... | Sinister Stranger |
| Peter Bull | ... | Philippe | |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Seedy Schlecht Agent | |
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A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrate the dreaded organization; he knows that they are intending to assassinate someone - could it be the famous Russian ballerina who has recently arrived for an appearance at Covent Garden? Written by Rhino <rhino@blueyonder.co.uk>
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4 December 1967 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arranged by Philip Green
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Two of the Military Intelligence operatives in the communications room are named as Green and Hills, a nod to the writers Sidney Green and Richard Hills. Sid and Dick are also the duo during Eric's espresso bar singing scene. See more »Goofs
During the cinema scene the position of the dead Schlect agent changes between shots. See more »Quotes
Eric Morecambe: Looking at her flowered bra top "Can I put those in water for you?"See more »
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I first saw this on the late show quite a a few years ago. I laughed so hard and loud that I woke up my wife and kids. I devoured TV Guide for the next six months until I found it on again and let the tape roll. This was long before the vhs vcrs we now have. Over the years, the tape got lost and I was heartsick. Not long ago, I found a dvd of it on Amazon.UK. It was of course PAL, Region 2. Then I found a region free, PAL and NTSC dvd player. Now several hundred dollars later, I can watch Spy Larks (British title The Intelligence Men)whenever I please, and I please often.
I see Eric was voted the funniest performer in the UK for the 20th century. Well deserved. That he is now dead is our great loss, but I have learned that he died of a heart attack while performing on stage. If God was not a comedy fan before, He is now.