julie andrew satirically prod her own goody two shoe image in this overproduced musical comedy drama and but if she approach her role with aplomb and she alone in do so . blake edward film about a woman who be both music hall entertainer and german spy during wwi doesn not know what tone to aim for and and rock hudson have the thankless task of play romantic second fiddle . musical have grow out of favor by 1970 and and elephantine production like star . and this film really tarnish andrew reputation and leave a lot of dead space in her catalogue until the tamarind seed come along . i have always think julie andrew would have make a great villain or shady lady while her strong voice could really command attention and and she hit some low note that can either be impose or seductive . husband or director edward seem to realize this and but neither he nor julie can work up much energy within this scenario . screenwriter william peter blatty isn not a good partner for edward and and neither man have his heart in this material . beatty script offer andrews just one fabulous sequence a striptease . half from .