The Ravishing Idiot (Agent 38-24-36)
A Feature film of
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Production year1964
French release13/03/1964
Runtime
1h 20m
Synopsis
Harry Compton, a naive young man, is dismissed by the bank in which he worked. Desperately in need of a job, he agrees to become a Soviet spy. Assigned with the mission to steal the "Avalanche" secret file from Sir Dumfrey, he gets to know Penny, a ravishing but somewhat dumb dressmaker. The young woman spontaneously offers to help Harry in his actions. But they are pursued by bad luck. What's more, they keep accumulating blunders. To make matters worse, the MI6 has learned of the operation...
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (37)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Productions Belles Rives
- Foreign production company : Flora Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Bureau Sales
- French distribution : Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
Full credits (18)
- Adaptation : Édouard Molinaro
- Screenwriters : Georges Tabet, André Tabet, Édouard Molinaro, François Billetdoux
- Director of Photography : Andréas Winding
- Music Composer : Michel Legrand
- Assistant directors : Pierre Cosson, Antoine Jacquet
- Editors : Monique Isnardon, Robert Isnardon
- Sound Recordist : Robert Biard
- Costume designer : Tanine Autré
- Author of original work : Charles Exbrayat
- Producer : Michel Ardan
- Assistant Operator : André Dubreuil
- Camera Operator : Daniel Diot
- Production Manager : Robert Florat
- Continuity supervisor : Hélène Sebillotte
- Production Designer : Robert Clavel
- Artistic Director : Jean André
- Still Photographer : Paul Apoteker
- Location managers : Jacques Pignier, Jean-Philippe Mérand
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Romantic comedy
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1964
- French release : 13/03/1964
- Runtime : 1 h 20 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 28194
- Visa issue date : 13/03/1964
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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