After a beautiful blonde (Mireille Darc, Godard's
WEEK END) with connections to a Red Chinese political figure is found with amnesia, the CIA, in the form of Edward G. Robinson, hires an actor (Claudio Brook, Bunuel's
EXTERMINATING ANGEL) to impersonate her husband in the hopes he can obtain information that would prove useful to the West. This cheesy, lazy cold war thriller lacks any credibility even if taken as a spoof. It attempts to be breezy when it's actually sloppy to the point of amateurism. The CIA are hideously incompetent resulting in the deaths of several innocent people including the lovely Giorgia Moll (Godard's
CONTEMPT) who is killed off far too early. Directed by Nicolas Gessner, probably best known for
LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE and based on a novel by James Hadley Chase (
NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH).
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