Movie #2152 ........................."Mrs. Pollifax --Spy" (Amazon Prime)

 Movie #2152 "Mrs. Pollifax -- Spy" (Amazon Prime)  Our book club read this book and really enjoyed it, so I thought I'd hunt up the movie made from the book.  This one, the oldest with Rosalind Russell, is available free on Amazon Prime, and it was cute.  It followed the book quite a bit except for where it started and how she got into the spy business in the first place ---funnier in the book.  But once the story starts taking off, it's jam- packed action with Mrs. P (following the book) ,  who is played by the wonderful actress (Rosalind Russell)  with tons of nuances added  to the character.  The young spy she works with is played by Darrin McGavin, and he's very funny and laid back, playing the guy, in my opinion, perfectly from the book.  The extra prisoner who helped them in the book never shows up in this film ;  otherwise, the plot is pretty much the same.  I'd give it a 3 and rate it a fun watch, esp. if you have read the book (which is better than a three!)

"Mrs. Pollifax ---- Spy"      1 hour and 49 minutes       1971

A bored widow looks for excitement  and finds it when she begins working for the CIA. 

A widowed New Jerseyan woman volunteers for spy duty at the CIA, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown, and is assigned to pick up a book in Mexico City, while finding out that it is easier said than done.` 

Director:  Leslie H. Martinson

WRITERS:  Rosalind Russell (screenplay) , Dorothy Gilman (book:  "Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax"

Actors:  Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff