This film begins with a New York psychiatrist by the name of "Dr. Bartholomew Snow" (Rock Hudson) being asked to by a man claiming to work for the National Security Agency named "General Pratt" (Jack Warden) for his assistance with a former patient who happens to be a valuable nuclear physicist by the name of "Arthur Vincenti" (Alejandro Rey). Naturally, being the conscientious person he is, he readily agrees to help his former patient only to be accused a little while afterward by Arthur's sister "Vicky Vincenti" (Claudia Cardinale) of kidnapping him. So, in order to placate the police and the press, he concocts a story that he and Vicky are engaged to be married and everything is the result of a lover's quarrel. And since Vicky is concerned about her brother's safety she agrees to this ruse. However, things get quite complicated with an agent claiming to work for the CIA named "James Fitzpatrick" (Guy Stockwell) shows up and tries to convince Dr. Snow that General Pratt works for a foreign government. Now rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an okay movie which had a decent plot with both Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale performing in a solid manner for the most part. Admittedly, the film is somewhat dated but even so it wasn't a bad comedy by any means and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
