Top Secret (1952)
The story of the Diplomat, The Plumber and the Beautiful Spy
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...
- Date of release
- 1952-11-10
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Mario Zampi
Casting
- George Cole — George Archibald Potts
- Oskar Homolka — Zekov
- Nadia Gray — Tania
- Wilfrid Hyde-White — Sir Hubert Wells
- Richard Wattis — Barnes
- Irene Handl — Mrs. Tidmarsh
- Christopher Lee — Russian Agent (uncredited)
- Frederick Leister — Prime Minister
- Frederick Valk — Rakov
- Geoffrey Sumner — Pike
- Ronald Adam — Barworth Controller
- Edwin Styles — Barworth Superintendent
Interesting facts
Top Secret is a 1952 British black and white comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring George Cole, Oskar Homolka and Nadia Gray. It was written by Jack Davies and Michael Pertwee. A sanitation inspector is mistaken for an international spy.
Production
The film was shot at the Elstree Studios of Associated British. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivan King.
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