Non Stop Trouble with Spies
His name is Herbie Melbourne, and in this German farce about a cab driver assigned to transport a "comrade" back to his home country's eastern border, Melbourne finds himself caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea. When Melbourne arrives, the passenger is dead to the rest of the world and will remain so for the rest of his life. He is recruited by the KGB and East German intelligence to assist them in their investigation into the murder of a man who was riding in Herbie's cab back seat. Following his arrival on the West German side of the Berlin Wall, Herbie is recruited by the CIA and West German Intelligence to work as a counterspy for a fee that is double that of the other side. Herbie seeks advice from a therapist because he appears to have no realistic path out of his predicament. A little bottle, which Herbie can sniff when he needs self-confidence, is provided by her from her bag of tricks, an act that is guaranteed to put him in command of any circumstance. After a few years, Herbie has worked as an Uber driver, an informant for the KGB (now the CIA), and even as a bottle sniffer— and he's madly in love with his attractive therapist.
Released: 1983-02-18
Genre:
Comedy
Duration: 91
min
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