The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)

A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually that the pilots ... See full summary »

Director:

Mihalis Kakogiannis (as Michael Cacoyannis)

Writer:

Mihalis Kakogiannis (as Michael Cacoyannis)

Stars:

Tom Courtenay, Sam Wanamaker, Colin Blakely

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Courtenay	...	The Navigator
Sam Wanamaker	...	Elias
Colin Blakely	...	The Pilot
Candice Bergen	...	Electra Brown
Ian Ogilvy	...	Peter
Dimitris Nikolaidis	...	The Dentist
Nikos Alexiou	...	Goatherd (as Nikolaos Alexiou)
Patricia Burke	...	Mrs. Mavroyannis
Paris Alexander	...	Fred
Arthur Mitchell	...	Frank
Marlena Carrer	...	Goatherd's Wife
Tom Klunis	...	Mr. French
William Berger	...	Man in Bed
Kostas Papakonstantinou	...	Manolios (as Costas Papaconstantinou)
Nikos Papakonstantinou	...	Manolios

Storyline

A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists have now arrived, they have to become touristy.

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Plot Keywords:

tourist | greece | kisch | kinky | box | 

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Taglines:

A NEW GIFT FROM THE GREEK WHO BREATHED LIFE INTO ZORBA

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Greece UK USA

Language:

English Greek

Release Date:

27 September 1967 (France)

Also Known As:

...Otan ta psaria vgikan sti steria!

Filming Locations:

Greece

Company Credits

Production Co:

Michael Cacoyannis Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Inspired by an actual incident on January 17, 1966, when a B-52 strategic bomber collided with an aerial refueling plane over Spain, resulting in the temporary loss of 4 nuclear bombs on or near the Spanish island of Palomares.

User Reviews

It sleeps with the fishes...

Try finding this one in a pinch...on the other hand, you may not want to! Two atom bombs are lost in the Aegean Sea, and an unconventional search team (American agents disguised as flashy tourists) sails to a remote Greek island to retrieve them. A wildly uneven film which is never sure what tone it is trying to set. Pity cast members Candice Bergen and Tom Courtenay, who have virtually no characters to play. Leonard Maltin writes in his review there's a great deal of homosexual overtones; true, the men are mostly bare-chested--and a male pilot and a navigator from NATO spend a great deal of time in their BVDs--but there's no sex (it's another end-of-the-world parody). The movie has an unusual look, and Candy Bergen, flirty with a bronze tan and white-blonde hair, is beautiful in her mod attire. Otherwise, pretty silly. *1/2 from ****