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> Btw, the writer is none other than Oscar Brodney
> who also authored this Tony Curtis gem, .
> Apparently, Oscar also helped on this other Tony
> Curtis film that I have not seen -- . Now I have
> two on my list...

De Poiple Mask . . . I find, for some reason, that (doubtless to your considerable surprise) my mind has gone off on a tangent. Do you remember a film which included a mad fight in a belfry? Our hero versus some villainous bandit from darkest Averoigne (or something), hanging from ropes and swinging axes? Do you remember the name of the film?

> Did I forget to mention Michael Ansara -- before
> he played Cochise or any Klingons -- is a Hun in
> this film? A sort of battlefield administrative
> assistant Hun: "My lord awakes, not knowing where
> he is, but calling for you..."

I’m afraid you’ve overlooked what must surely be considered an important transitional role:

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> Importance is in the eye of the nit-picker...Note
> that the original (50 foot) has this note:
>
> "Runtime: 65 min"
>
> while the remake (50 ft.) has this note:
>
> "Runtime: Germany: 85 min / Spain: 89 min / UK: 89
> min / USA: 90 min"
>
> I suppose being dubbed could account for the
> difference, but then why are Spain and the UK
> identical and both 1 minute shorter than the US?

The missing minute contained vital military secrets, not for export?

> Now that's an important question and we have no
> answer!

Scandalous.

> I'm not sure, but in the Allison Hayes version, I
> think she created a sort of bikini out of sails or
> bedsheets from the hospital, or balloon silk or
> some such...but maybe my mind is playing tricks on
> me.

Now that you mention it, this does accord with my recollection. This (I must say) is where an otherwise plausible scenario began to degenerate. Attack of the 50 Ft. Singer?

> Places where you can be seen with a Fire Maiden on
> your arm?

Monte Carlo, apparently.

Koumani-tastic facts to follow.

M.