The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

90 mins | Mystery | May 20, 1999

When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. Sending a letter to her congressman gets her an interview with the CIA and accidentally gets her an assignment to Morocco for a supposed easy task of picking up an encrypted code book. When the agency realizes their mistake, they send a super-agent to watch over her. Both are taken prisoner and the real agent is injured, leaving Mrs. Pollifax to use her considerable wits to help them escape and to save the day.

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

90 mins | Mystery | May 20, 1999

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. Sending a letter to her congressman gets her an interview with the CIA and accidentally gets her an assignment to Morocco for a supposed easy task of picking up an encrypted code book. When the agency realizes their mistake, they send a super-agent to watch over her. Both are taken prisoner and the real agent is injured, leaving Mrs. Pollifax to use her considerable wits to help them escape and to save the day.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Michele Brustin Productions, Scripps Howard Entertainment, Corymore Productions
Original title The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Directors Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writers

Cast

Angela Lansbury

as Emily Pollifax

Thomas Ian Griffith

as Jack Farrell

Ed Bishop

as Carstairs

Paul Birchard

as Bishop

Michelle Read

as Alice

Tommy O'Neill

as Franz

Paul Kennedy

as Hans

Joseph Long

as Aleksei Yagoda

Gerry O'Brien

as Haggarty

John Light

as Robin Hughes-Wright

Todd Boyce

as Mason

Patricia Martin

as Lady Palisibury

Daisy Donovan

as Alexandra

Robert Boyd

as Baron Von Roelen