The Intelligence Men
The Intelligence Men (U.S. title: Spylarks) 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.
Plot
Eric, in his London coffee bar, is happily serving black coffee to a sinister-looking man when the man tries to persuade him to remember a tune. Unfortunately, Eric is tone-deaf. Ernie Sage enters the coffee bar and Eric tries to get him to identify the tune, without much success. Eventually, Sage realises that this could be something to do with a forthcoming visit by a Russian trade delegation and an assassination attempt by an organisation known as "SCHLECHT" (a parody of SPECTRE from the James Bond films; the word is German for "bad" or "evil", although there is little evidence of German involvement to sabotage this mission).
More details
| author | Dick Hills and Sid Green Peter Blackmore |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Robert Asher |
| editor | Gerry Hambling |
| genre | action adventure comedy |
| keywords | assassination attempt ballet performance coffee bar dance of the little swans danse des petits cygnes james bond masquerade military intelligence spectre swan lake to remember tone deafness |
| musicBy | Philip Green |
| producer | Hugh Stewart |
| publisher | Rank Organisation |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |
| theme | parody spy spy comedy |