The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999)
When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. Sending a letter to her congressman gets her an interview with the CIA and accidentally gets her an assignment to Morocco for a supposed easy task of picking up an encrypted code book. When the agency realizes their mistake, they send a super-agent to watch over her. Both are taken prisoner and the real agent is injured, leaving Mrs. Pollifax to use her considerable wits to help them escape and to save the day.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
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Angela Lansbury as Emily Pollifax |
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Thomas Ian Griffith as Jack Farrell |
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Ed Bishop as Carstairs |
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Paul Birchard as Bishop |
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Michelle Read as Alice |
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Tommy O'Neill as Franz |
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Paul Kennedy as Hans |
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Joseph Long as Aleksei Yagoda |
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Gerry O'Brien as Haggarty |
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John Light as Robin Hughes-Wright |
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Todd Boyce as Mason |
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Patricia Martin as Lady Palisibury |
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Daisy Donovan as Alexandra |
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Robert Boyd as Baron Von Roelen |
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Jacqueline Pearce as |
| Directing | Anthony Pullen Shaw | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Brodie | Makeup Artist |