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Mrs. Pollifax-Spy poster
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Strong
MASTER SCORE 58.0 / 100
1971·Adventure / Comedy·1h 50m

MRS. POLLIFAX-SPY

“Before she joined the CIA, Mrs. Pollifax thought Red China was a set of dishes.”

Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and she's widowed. And being just what the department needed (someone who looks and acts completely unlike a spy), she's assigned to simple courier duty to pick up a book in Mexico City. But when the pickup doesn't go as planned, Mrs. Pollifax finds herself handcuffed to a handsome stranger on a plane bound for an Albanian prison. And it's up to her to get them out.

Above the Line
Leslie H. Martinson·DirectorRosalind Russell·ScreenplayDorothy Gilman·NovelJoseph F. Biroc·Director of PhotographyLalo Schifrin·Original Music ComposerFred Bohanan·Editor
Cast
Rosalind Russell·Mrs. PollifaxDarren McGavin·FarrellNehemiah Persoff·BerishaHarold Gould·NexdhetAlbert Paulsen·PerdidoJohn Beck·LulashDana Elcar·CarstairsJames Wellman·MasonDennis Cross·BishopNick Katurich·Stefan
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 6
Leslie H. Martinson·DirectorLynn Guthrie·Second Assistant DirectorPaul Baxley·Second Unit DirectorDorothy Aldrin·Script SupervisorClifford C. Coleman·Second Unit First Assistant DirectorFred Gammon·Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Rosalind Russell·ScreenplayDorothy Gilman·Novel
Camera· 2
Joseph F. Biroc·Director of PhotographyArthur Gerstle·Assistant Camera
Editing· 4
Fred Bohanan·EditorPhilip W. Anderson·EditorGene Milford·EditorStefan Arnsten·Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Lalo Schifrin·Original Music ComposerOra Hudson·Boom OperatorLalo Schifrin·Music Director
Art & Design· 8
Noel Taylor·Costume DesignJack Poplin·Art DirectionFred Williams·Makeup ArtistWilliam Turner·Assistant Makeup ArtistWally Graham·Construction CoordinatorWilliam L. Kuehl·Set DecorationLes Gobruegge·Assistant Art DirectorFrank L. Brown·Set Dresser
Production· 3
Frederick Brisson·ProducerBen Chapman·Production ManagerCharles Forsythe·Associate Producer
Other Departments· 2
Richard E. Butler·StuntsSherry Wilson·Hairdresser
By the Numbers
58.0
OF 100
Master Score
5.7
OF 10
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