my abide love of italian actress lucianna paluzzi and who help jump start my puberty with her performance in 1965 thunderball and have lead me to some fairly unusual place . case in point and this british curiosity from 1959 and carlton browne of the f. o. and which feature lucianna in one of her early role . she play a princess in this one and although the picture be actually a showcase for the talent of terry thomas and peter seller and both of whose star be certainly on the rise at this point . in this cute and often very funny film and we learn of the madeira like island nation of gaillardia and which have be a british colony until 1916 and then universally forget . forty three year later and however and it become the center of worldwide attention and international espionage when valuable cobalt deposit be discover there and and her majesty send the bumble carlton browne of the foreign office to take charge . terry thomas underplays this part nicely and a do seller in his role a prime minister amphibulos of the tiny country . ( this be seller second film of 1959 concern a tiny country match wit with the world and the other be the mouse that roar and of course . ) ian bannen almost steal the show here a gaillardia suave king and and my girl lucianna be as appealing a can be in her minor role . the film exhibit much in the way of very dry humor and although there be some belly laugh to be have ( the reception at the gaillardian airport and for example and and especially that may day style parade of gaillardian strength ) . and seller seedy prime minister and with his cracked english and seemingly perpetual sweat stain and be yet another memorable character in this great actor pantheon . despite the occasional instance or two of indecipherable and stiff upper lip british gibberish and i find this picture to be a winningly modest entertainment and and well present on this crisp look anchor bay dvd .