Credit totally goes to Rosalind Russell for carrying "Mrs Polifax- Spy". She gives a charming, humorous and heartfelt performance as Mrs Emily Pollifax, housewife from Montclair, NJ who decides to volunteer with the CIA in order to perform her patriotic duty. Astoundingly, the CIA takes her up on it! What is suppose to be a routine courier mission to Mexico City then turns in to Pollifax and secret agent Farrell (Darren McGavin) next being transported all the way to Albania for some inexplicable reason. Well, it all just goes madcap from there as Pollifax manages to charm all of the Albanians holding her and Farrell prisoners. Yet, many of them are resisting the Communist infiltration of their nation, so a very pro Western stance. A very contrived plot and sequencing, yet Russell and the rest of the cast pull it off with aplomb. Definitely worth catching for a light hearted romp.
Review of Mrs. Pollifax-Spy
