The widowed Mrs' Pollifax wants to realise an old ambition to become a spy and after an initial confusion does indeed become one, going from Morocco to Paris to Switzerland while falling in with fellow agent Jack Farrell. It is an entertaining TV movie that holds one's attention despite being a film of basically two plots stuck together. There is a good music score by Peter Manning Robinson to accompany the lively proceedings.
Angela Lansbury is great as Mrs Pollifax and holds the film together as she is onscreen for most of the time. She makes the whole story believable and her character is well delineated. Her way of talking to her deceased husband is funny but also poignant. The other actors are in her shadow but do well in their roles.
This was Ms. Lansbury's only movie as Mrs. Pollifax which was a shame. The ending suggested a sequel.
Angela Lansbury is great as Mrs Pollifax and holds the film together as she is onscreen for most of the time. She makes the whole story believable and her character is well delineated. Her way of talking to her deceased husband is funny but also poignant. The other actors are in her shadow but do well in their roles.
This was Ms. Lansbury's only movie as Mrs. Pollifax which was a shame. The ending suggested a sequel.