In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Ansark-Sidney
Keywords
- undercover
- fbi
- fake id
- chemistry professor
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Top Cast
Tony Curtis as David Wilson
Dean Martin as Michael Haney
Janet Leigh as Ann Wilson
James Whitmore as Harry Powell
John McIntire as Bob Doyle
Barbara Nichols as Gloria Coogle
Larry Keating as Parker
Larry Storch as Orenov
Top Crew
George Sidney · Director
Norman Krasna · Writer
André Previn · Composer
Harry Stradling Sr. · Cinematographer
Viola Lawrence · Editor
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