i be excite to discover this late sixty comedy star some of my favorite people maggie smith and a very young bob newhart and and of course and peter ustinov . my disappointment be thus compound to discover the film doesn not work a either a comedy or a perfect heist film . ustinov play a small time crook just out of prison who set his site on a large american corporation base in london . bluff his way past dimwitted ceo karl malden and tech geek newhart and ustinov pass himself off a a computer expert and immediately plan the perfect heist part of the film . to do this he need to get pass a tamper proof security system that guard the corporation mainframe . and here be problem one . his perfect plan only work because everyone else in the film be remarkably trust and stupid . his lame excuse be take at face value and this must be the only computer center anywhere not to bother with video camera . the second problem be the heist ( fraud really ) happen within the first 30 minute of the film rob the rest of the picture of much in way of dramatic tension . maggie smith be sadly miscast a ustinov ditsy next door neighbor or secretary who just can not keep a job . i love maggie smith but she just seem too together here and too composed and the part call for more of a wacky and physical comedian . furthermore and ustinov and smith have no chemistry together and maybe it the age difference and but the late romantic relationship and a devoid of actual romance a it be and still come off a little creepy . ustinov co write the script and and it be think well of at the time and but i find it unfunny and meandering and a sad waste of a great cast .