Former tank sergeant Boysie Oakes (Rod Taylor) – codenamed “L” – is a reluctant secret agent assigned to dispose of known enemy agents, although he prefers conquests in the bedroom to violent action in this carbon-copy of Our Man Flint (1965) – so he hires a professional hitman for that part of the job.
Of course, events soon plunge Oakes into situations that require him to be a hero in spite of himself.
The cast includes two beauties who would soon return to sexy subterfuge: Gabrielle Licudi in 1967’s spoof Casino Royale (1967) and Jill St. John, who played Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
Trevor Howard is a delight as Boysie’s unscrupulous boss, Colonel Mostyn of British Intelligence and Eric Sykes is unusually cast as cold-blooded killer, Griffen.
The redoubtable character actor Akim Tamiroff appears as a somewhat inept torturer.
Boysie Oakes
Rod Taylor Colonel Mostyn
Trevor Howard Iris Mackintosh
Jill St. John The Chief
Wilfrid Hyde-White Coral
Gabriella Licudi Griffen
Eric Sykes Sheriek
Akim Tamiroff Quadrant
David Tomlinson Chekhov
John Le Mesurier Fly
Derek Nimmo Janice Benedict
Jennifer Jayne Frances Anne
Betty McDowall Betty
Jo Rowbottom Jessie
Louise Dunn Yakov
Henri Cogan Gregory
Daniel Emilfork Mac
Ronald Leigh-Hunt Judith
Suzy Kendall
Director
Jack Cardiff
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