Directed by Lee H. Katzin
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
The US government trains spies to become a popular rock group with the intention of sending them into communist Albania to rescue kidnapped cultural icons. While it almost works on one level as a satire of the pop music culture circa 1970, its reliance on cameos of aging stars of yesteryear for the finale drains it of any joy. Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey desperately unfunny? Check. Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan making a tasteless Tarzan and Jane joke? Check. Well, you get the picture. The faux psychedelic soundtrack by Mike Stoller actually has its moments.
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