This Anglo/American production stars Tony Randall as Andrew Jessel, an innocent American who becomes involved with spies and gangsters in Morocco when a dead body turns up in the wardrobe of his hotel room.
Jessel has been travelling on a tourist coach where the other passengers coincidentally include femme fatale CIA agent Kyra Stanovy (Senta Berger), vivacious blonde Samia Voss (Margaret Lee) – who has a date with a local influential Moroccan called Casimir (Herbert Lom) who now begins to hound Jessel down.
Also on the bus is someone who carries funds for a political operation planned by Casimir but whose identity is a secret. Can it be the glum English Travel Agent (John Le Mesurier) who chatters on about economical holidays? or the sanitary salesman (Wilfrid Hyde-White) who talks of sanitation for emergent nations?
Terry-Thomas and Klaus Kinski appear as Arabs, albeit – in Thomas’ case – with an immaculate Mayfair accent.
It’s a low budget film with a mundane script, a lack of thrills and a confusing (rather than suspenseful) ending. Released in some markets as Bang! Bang! You’re Dead!
Andrew Jessel
Tony Randall Kyra Stanovy
Senta Berger Mr Casimir
Herbert Lom Arthur Fairbrother
Wilfrid Hyde-White El Caid
Terry-Thomas Achmed
Grégoire Aslan George C. Lillywhite
John Le Mesurier Jonquil
Klaus Kinski Samia Voss
Margaret Lee Hotel Clerk
Emile Stemmler Madame Bouseny
Helen Sanguinetti Martinez
Francisco Sánchez Police Chief
William Sanguinetti Motor Cycle Policeman
Hassan Essakali Philippe
Keith Peacock
Also on the bus is someone who carries funds for a political operation planned by Casimir but whose identity is a secret. Can it be the glum English Travel Agent (John Le Mesurier) who chatters on about economical holidays? or the sanitary salesman (Wilfrid Hyde-White) who talks of sanitation for emergent nations?
Andrew Jessel
El Caid
Madame Bouseny
