unspeakably discombobulate turkey and a mix of anti nazi musical ( . ) and pre war americana and agatha christie whodunit spoof with one big and big problem represent it deadly unfunny . besides the single digit i. q. plot and dialog and the most amazing aspect of lady . be the berserk casting . gene wilder ( star and co writer ) try hard at it all represent he play a romantic lead ( with his look . and his age . he and woody allen should start a club for clueless and mirrorless age comedian ) and and he try to be move and funny and poignant and smart and and try to sing and dance and and succeed in none . a looong shot from his good old day with mel brook . for a while i think i be have a myopia fit and because everybody in the movie keep say cherry jones be this pretty hot chick and and that michael cumpsty be this impossibly handsome stallion . the guy who play claire bloom male secretary be a bespectacled balding thin actor as sexy a a chair and be the object of passion of the two leading lady . mike starr over the top acting a the most incompetent and phony cop you ever saw deserves to rank among the 10 most abhorrent performance in recent film history . the sad note be to see wonderful claire bloom and barbara sukowa completely miscast and offensively waste . at least i hope both star pay their bill back home ( and subsequently fire their agent ) with this flop . no wonder act prodigy sukowa return to germany after she saw what hollywood have in store for her . if you want to see how to accomplish a really bad film out of a really bad script with a berserk cast director and study this one otherwise stay away . negative .