The Intelligence Men

The Intelligence Men (1965)

Their First and Fabulously Funny Film

A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrate the dreaded organization; he knows that they are intending to assassinate someone - could it be the famous Russian ballerina who has recently arrived for an appearance at Covent Garden?

Date of release
1965-04-13
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Robert Asher

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

The Intelligence Men is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. It is subtitled "M.I.5 plus 2 equals 0". It was written by Dick Hills and Sid Green and Peter Blackmore.

Production

Filming started October 1964 and took place at Pinewood.

It was the last of several collaborations between producer Hugh Stewart and Asher. Stewart says this was because he fired Asher's brother Jack, the cameraman, who Stewart thought was too slow.

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