Salt and Pepper

• Director: Richard Donner
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Action
• Movie Type: Buddy Film, Slapstick
• Themes: Terrorism
• Main Cast: Peter Lawford, Michael Bates, Ilona Rodgers, John Le Mesurier
• Release Year: 1968
• Country: US/UK
• Run Time: 101 minutes

Plot

Two steadfast members of Frank Sinatra's self-styled "clan," Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr., are the stars of Salt and Pepper. The boys run a swinging nightclub in London's Soho district (which explains their awful "mod" wardrobe) and also reluctantly double as secret agents. Their current assignment is to put the kibosh on a half-baked military officer (John LeMesurier), who plans to hijack a nuclear sub and hold England captive. The film is securely locked into the 1960s, with weird camera angles and out-of-focus optical effects, plenty of compliant young miniskirted damsels, and Bondlike action highlights. Salt and Pepper was followed two years later by a sequel, imaginatively titled One More Time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Peter Lawford - Christopher Pepper
• Michael Bates - Inspector Crabbe
• Ilona Rodgers - Marianne Renaud
• John Le Mesurier - Col. Woodstock

Graham Stark - Sgt. Walters; Ernest Clark - Col. Balsom; Jeanne Roland - Mai Ling; Robert Dorning - Club Secretary; Robertson Hare - Dove; Geoffrey Lumsden - Foreign Secretary; William Mervyn - Prime Minister; Llewellyn Rees - "Fake" Prime Minister; Mark Singleton - "Fake" Home Secretary; Michael Trubshawe - "Fake" First Lord; Francisca Tu - Tsai Chan; Oliver Macgreevy - Rack; Peter Hutchins - Straw; Jeremy Lloyd - Lord Ponsonby; Ivor Dean - Police Commissioner; Brian Harrison - 1st Policeman; Harry Hutchinson - Manservant; Max Faulkner - Lieutenant; Beth Rogan - Greta; Rifat Shenel - Mario; Calvin Lockhart - Jones; Nicholas Smith - Constable; Susan Blair - Janice; Christine Pocket - Jill; Cassandra Mowan - Jean; Joe Wadham - Col. Woodstock's Aide; Sammy Davis, Jr. - Charles Salt; Sean Lynch - Blackjack Player

Credit

Don Mingaye - Art Director, Lionel Blair - Choreography, Cynthia Tingey - Costume Designer, Charles Glenn - Costume Designer, Richard Donner - Director, Jack Slade - Editor, Johnny Dankworth - Composer (Music Score), Sammy Davis, Jr. - Songwriter, George Rhodes - Songwriter, Jimmy Evans - Makeup, Bill Constable - Production Designer, Ken Higgins - Cinematographer, Milton Ebbins - Producer, Andrew Low - Set Designer, Scott Slimon - Set Designer, Michael Pertwee - Screenwriter

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