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Rentadick (1972)

Rentadick poster
Directed by
Jim Clark
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about a detective agency hired to guard a new nerve gas formula. The film follows the agents as they bumble through various attempts to steal it.

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What happens

Rentadick is a 1972 British comedy film, directed by Jim Clark and starring James Booth, Richard Briers, Julie Ege, Ronald Fraser and Donald Sinden. It is a spoof spy/detective picture, the plot of which involves attempts to protect a new experimental nerve gas. The film was based on a script by John Cleese and Graham Chapman but was greatly changed and has been described as "a missed opportunity". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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