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1972 · 94 min · ★ 4.2 · Comedy

Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...

Directed by Jim Clark · Written by Graham Chapman

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James Booth Simon Hamilton
Richard Briers Miles Gannet
Julie Ege Utta Armitage
Ronald Fraser Major Upton
Donald Sinden Jeffrey Armitage
Tsai Chin Madam Greenfly
Kenneth Cope West
John Wells Owltruss
Spike Milligan a Customs officer
Richard Beckinsale Hobbs
Derek Griffiths Henson
Michael Bentine Husein

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