dorothy gilman book and the unexpected mrs. pollifax and become wan vehicle for the winded rosalind russell and who adapt the screenplay herself under the pseudonym c. a. mcknight . small town widow with nothing but time on her hand march into the c. i. a. one day and volunteer her service while very soon and she on assignment a a courier in mexico and but the pick up get botch and she kidnap and take to albania . after a sprightly animate credit sequence and and the potentially interesting caviat that retire person need to be stimulate by worthwhile adventure ( even go so far a to become expendable for their service ) and this turgid tale fails to give u any undercover excitement . russell isn not the plucky heroine one might hope for while she a bit bleary around the edge and and her motherly nagging isn not the amusement it suppose to be . this film have some of the most ungainly cinematography i have ever see while joe biroc must have be nutty for brown and tan his whole movie look like a beige nightmare . odd support cast include harold gould and nehemiah persoff and square jaw john beck and and darrin mcgavin a the proverbial girl chasing agent be all pretty dreary . half from .