The Fat Spy (1966)

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

Joseph Cates

Writer:

Matthew Andrews (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It's a killer... a Diller... a blast of laffs!

Plot:

Off the coast of Florida, a nearly-deserted island is rumored to have the fountain of youth. A boatload...

Plot Keywords:

Fountain Of Youth | Florida | Motorboat | Mermaid | Bicycle

Cast

Phyllis Diller	...	Camille Salamander
Jack E. Leonard	...	Irving / Herman Gonjular (Twins)
Brian Donlevy	...	George Wellington
Johnny Tillotson	...	Dodo Bronk
Jayne Mansfield	...	Junior Wellington
Lauree Berger	...	Nanette
Jordan Christopher	...	Frankie
The Wild Ones	...	Themselves (Band)
Lou Nelson	...	Punjab, The Sikh
Toni Lee Shelly	...	Naiomi the Mermaid
Penny Roman	...	Herself
Adam Keefe	...	Special Voice (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuck Alden	...	Treasure Hunter
Jill Bleidner	...	Treasure Hunter
Tommy Graves	...	Treasure Hunter
Linda Harrison	...	Treasure Hunter
Jeanette Taylor	...	Treasure Hunter
Tommy Trick	...	Treasure Hunter
Toni Turner	...	Treasure Hunter
Tracy Vance	...	Treasure Hunter
Deborah White	...	Treasure Hunter
Eddie Wright	...	Treasure Hunter

Runtime:

USA:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Cape Coral, Florida, USA

Company:

Phillip Productions

Trivia:

Perhaps because the production had run out of money, a final portion of this movie was never actually shot; instead, the camera simply pans over script pages describing what occurred in the missing scenes.

Quotes:

Irving: Herman, gosh, it's good to hear your voice. Bring me up to date. Did Magnolia marry Cousin Fenster after all?
Herman: Fenster? The Siamese twin?
Irving: Yeah, he's the one on the left.
Herman: No, he's still a bachelor, but Seymour on the right, he's marryin'.

Movie Connections:

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Oh...my...god

Truly abysmal beach 'comedy' featuring the fading glamour that was Jayne Mansfield.

I think I would be hard pushed to find a worse movie than this! The acting, direction, stock quality, music, sound recording and plot are all dreadful. The plot, or what little of it there is, has something to do with the fountain of youth on a small tropical island but will leave you bamboozled to say the least.

The only attraction here is Jayne Mansfield and it will only be fans of the actress that will want to get hold of this film. However, by now Jayne was on a downward spiral that would eventually lead to her tragic death. Never averse to making a quick B picture to bring in some cash and push her celebrity, things were by now in dire straits and this is well and truly a Z grade film made for next to nothing. Mansfield takes 50 steps backward here in her personal quest to be taken seriously as a dramatic actress. Her dumb blonde performance in this picture is an embarrassment to behold and her sex pot image is seriously on the wane as her famous curves have been filled by extra flesh.

A disaster in every sense of the word and a real shame to see someone with Jayne's obvious potential wasted in a load of old rubbish. It's hard to imagine that someone who appeared in the classic 'The Girl Can't Help It' and got the full Fox treatment is now doing Monroe rip-offs in nonsense such as this.

Steer clear...!