Totally demented black comedy from the Vietnam era about a CIA-created pop music band sent behind the Iron Curtain to rescue a wide array of American cultural icons, including comedian Richard Pryor; actresses Butterfly McQueen (Gone WIth The Wind), Dorothy Lamour and Maureen O'Sullivan; boxer Joe Louis; Johnny Tarzan Weissmuller; Jay Tonto Silverheels; Harland Colonel Sanders; Patty Andrews (of The Andrews Sisters); bandleaders Xavier Cugat and Guy Lombardo; Dead End kids Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall; ventriloquist Edgar Bergen; and the world's oldest teenager, Dick Clark. Music score by songwriting/producing team Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, whose songs include Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Yakkity Yak, Spanish Harlem, On Broadway and Stand by Me.
Language: English
