poster

1952

NR (11/10/1952) (GB)

Comedy,

1h 33m

60

User Score

The story of the Diplomat, The Plumber and the Beautiful Spy

Overview

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...

1952

60

User Score

NR (11/10/1952) (GB)

Comedy,

1h 33m

The story of the Diplomat, The Plumber and the Beautiful Spy

Overview

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...

Cast

George Cole

George Cole

George Archibald Potts

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Sir Hubert Wells

Irene Handl

Irene Handl

Mrs. Tidmarsh

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Russian Agent (uncredited)

Frederick Leister

Frederick Leister

Prime Minister

Ronald Adam

Ronald Adam

Barworth Controller

Edwin Styles

Edwin Styles

Barworth Superintendent

Kynaston Reeves

Kynaston Reeves

Barworth Director

Ernest Jay

Ernest Jay

Professor Layton

Henry Hewitt

Henry Hewitt

Minister of Health

Walter Horsbrugh

Walter Horsbrugh

1st Cabinet Minister

Anthony Shaw

Anthony Shaw

2nd Cabinet Minister

Tim Turner

Tim Turner

1st Reporter

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin

Schoolmaster