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Mischa (Michael Terr), the top Sowiet secret agent, is told to bring a
deadly virus to the USA that is placed in a vial hanging around the neck
of a white rabbit. Thing is that Mischa has been watched by spies from
all over the world - including Germany (Hal Bizzy), Japan (John Akana), Mexico
(Ray Vegas), Israel (Jack Little) and the United Kingdom (Liz Renay) - from the minute he touched American soil, and his disguise as a genuine
cowboy doesn't fool anybody (especially since he slips out of character all
the time). Eventually, Mischa puts up shop at Gavin's (Hal Bokar) dude
ranch, where a concert by singing sensation Britt Hunter (Arch Hall jr) is
announced for later that night - but Britt is really the USA's top spy
undercover, and he of course knows who he's after ...
However, because of the incompetence of everyone involved, none of the
spies manage to get their hands on the nasty rabbit while a hobo
has no problems stealing the animal and is only eventually tricked out of
his next meal (the rabbit) by a dog, and in the end, it seems as if Mischa
would succeed in his mission after all, but after an extended slapstick
chase, the dog manages to track down the Sowiet spy and in a joint effort
all the other spies manage to overcome him ... and once more the world is
saved.
While obviously inspired by the then incredibly popular James
Bond series of films, The Nasty Rabbit has in fact less to
do with espionage cinema (safe from the basic plot that is) and more with
cartoons à la Looney Tunes or classic Tex Avery: The humour
of this film is totally over-the-top and full of bizarre caricatures (like
John Akana as the incompetent Japanese, Ray Vegas as the lazy Mexican or
Hal Bizzy as the pompous German) often reminiscent of World War II
propaganda cartoons. In that context of course, the ploe film is merely of
secondary importance and many plottwists are simply there to get a laugh.
Does all that make The Nasty Rabbit a good film ?
Yes and no. No because many of the jokes would have needed better
timing, some of the actors are simply not up to the requiements of their
comic roles and especially the slapstick scenes could have been improved
by a bigger budget that would have allowed more care to be put in them. On
the other hand, the film is a valiant try to make something outside of the
ordinary, is at times despite (or because of) its shortcomings terribly
funny, and hey, what better animal is there to carry the world's most
terrible virus than a cute bunny rabbit ?
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