The Fat Spy

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The Fat Spy
Directed by	Joseph Cates
Produced by	Everett Rosenthal Rick Pleven
Written by	Matthew Andrews
Starring	Phyllis Diller Jack E. Leonard Brian Donlevy Jayne Mansfield
Music by	Joel Hirschhorn Al Kasha
Cinematography	Joseph C. Brun
Editing by	Barry Malkin
Distributed by	Magna Pictures Distribution Corporation
Release date(s)	May 11, 1966
Running time	80 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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The Fat Spy is a 1966 film, directed by Joseph Cates and written by Matthew Andrews. It is featured in the 2004 documentary The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made. Barely released to theaters in 1966 it was seldom seen until the 1990's when it was apparently in public domain and since has been released on DVD and VHS widely in various editions sold mainly at dollar stores.

[edit] Synopsis

A mostly-deserted island, which is widely perceived to be the home to the fountain of youth, is off the coast of Florida. The island gets some visitors in the form of teenagers, who head there for a scavenger hunt, which annoys the island's wealthy owner, Wellington (Brian Donlevy). He recruits his daughter, Junior (Jayne Mansfield), to remove the teenagers from the island. Junior is looking forward to going there to see her love interest (and the island's only resident), Irving (Jack E. Leonard). who is asked to spy on the rowdy teenagers. They get some visitors to the island when Herman (Irving's twin brother, who Jack E. Leonard also plays) and his love interest, Camille Salamander (Phyllis Diller), come with their own evil plots. Who will find the fountain of youth?

[edit] Criticism and goofs

The movie, which was shot in Cape Coral, Florida, was actually shot on a lake that substituted for a beach.
At the end of the movie, there were promises that up to three sequels would be made. They were not.