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Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
“Before she joined the CIA, Mrs. Pollifax thought Red China was a set of dishes.”
6.3 / 10• 1971• 1h 50m•G• English
AdventureComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Rosalind Russell
Mrs. Pollifax
Lead
Darren McGavin
Farrell
Nehemiah Persoff
Berisha
Harold Gould
Nexdhet
Albert Paulsen
Perdido
John Beck
Lulash
Dana Elcar
Carstairs
JW
James Wellman
Mason
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leslie H. Martinson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mrs. Pollifax — Spy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
