
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.
Cast

Tony Curtis
David Wilson

Dean Martin
Michael Haney

Janet Leigh
Ann Wilson

James Whitmore
Harry Powell

John McIntire
Bob Doyle

Barbara Nichols
Gloria Coogle

Larry Keating
Parker

Larry Storch
Orenov

Simon Oakland
Belka

Joi Lansing
Florence Coogle

Barbara Hines
Foreign Exchange Student
Marion Javits
Miss Mellish

Mike Lane
Glinka

Larri Thomas
Girl, Pinup Girl, Girl (uncredited)

Dyanne Thorne
Sexy Woman, Bit Role (uncredited)

Kam Tong
Lee Wong, Lee Wong (uncredited)

Emil Sitka
Man with Flower Pot, Man with Flower Pot (uncredited)

Jack Benny
Mr. Cosgrove, Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)

Mark Allen
Joe Bendix (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake
Tenant (uncredited)

William Boyett
Howard (uncredited)

Wally Brown
Irate Man on Telephone (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Alan Carney
Building Superintendent (uncredited)
George Ford
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Art Gilmore
Television Announcer (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Ron Hayes
F.B.I. Man (uncredited)
Bert Madrid
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Military Officer (uncredited)

George Nardelli
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

William Newell
Schultz (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell
Tenant (uncredited)

Scott Seaton
Observer on Street (uncredited)

Rudy Solari
FBI Man at Empire State Building (uncredited)

Peter M. Thompson
F.B.I. Man (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
Guard Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Herbert Winters
Man Outside Chinese Restaurant (uncredited)

John Ward
Gibson (uncredited)
Crew

George Sidney
Director

Norman Krasna
Writer, Producer, Theatre Play

Viola Lawrence
Editor
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
David Silver
Assistant Director

Jean Louis
Costume Design
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor
James Z. Flaster
Sound

André Previn
Original Music Composer
Julian Davidson
Music Editor
James Crowe
Set Decoration

Bob Herron
Stunts
Charles J. Rice
Recording Supervision
Ted Haworth
Art Direction
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