The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
24 audience votes
Key crew
- Ralph ThomasDirector
- Ben HechtScreenplay
Cast
- Bob HopeCaptain Chuck Lockwood
- Katharine HepburnCaptain Vinka Kovalenko
- Noelle MiddletonLady Constance Warburton-Watts
- James Robertson JusticeColonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff
- Robert HelpmannIvan Kropotkin
- David KossoffDr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz
- Alan GiffordColonel Newton Tarbell
- Nicholas PhippsTony Mallard
- Paul CarpenterMajor Lewis
- Sidney JamesPaul
- Alexander GaugeSenator Howley
- Sandra DorneTityana
Stills
Themes
communism