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When bumbling product-tester, Fielding Mellish (Allen) is jilted by his girlfriend, Nancy (Louise Lasser), he heads to the tiny republic of San Marcos for a vacation only to become kidnapped by rebels! Once the band of rebels seizes power, their leader goes crazy, and they replace him with Mellish, thinking he can save the country. But when Mellish is nabbed by the FBI, he is put on trial for subversion and in a side-splitting courtroom show-down including the most hilarious self-cross examination ever.

1971 · 1h 22m
Director Woody Allen

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When bumbling product-tester, Fielding Mellish (Allen) is jilted by his girlfriend, Nancy (Louise Lasser), he heads to the tiny republic of San Marcos for a vacation only to become kidnapped by rebels! Once the band of rebels seizes power, their leader goes crazy, and they replace him with Mellish, thinking he can save the country. But when Mellish is nabbed by the FBI, he is put on trial for subversion and in a side-splitting courtroom show-down including the most hilarious self-cross examination ever.

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Average 7.5
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Rotten 6

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Studio
MGM
Released
1971
Run Time
1 hr 22 min
Rated
PG-13 For comic sexuality including some pin-up nudity, some drug use and crude language.
Region of Origin
United States
© 1971 ROLLINS & JOFFE PRODUCTIONS

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United States) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Italian (Italy) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.