Overview

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.

Cast

Tony Curtis

David Wilson

Dean Martin

Michael Haney

Janet Leigh

Ann Wilson

James Whitmore

Harry Powell

John McIntire

Bob Doyle

Barbara Nichols

Gloria Coogle

Larry Keating

Parker

Larry Storch

Orenov

Simon Oakland

Belka

Joi Lansing

Florence Coogle

Barbara Hines

Foreign Exchange Student

N/A

Marion Javits

Miss Mellish