by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Two steadfast members of Frank Sinatra's self-styled "clan," Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr., are the stars of Salt and Pepper. The boys run a swinging nightclub in London's Soho district (which explains their awful "mod" wardrobe) and also reluctantly double as secret agents. Their current assignment is to put the kibosh on a half-baked military officer (John LeMesurier), who plans to hijack a nuclear sub and hold England captive. The film is securely locked into the 1960s, with weird camera angles and out-of-focus optical effects, plenty of compliant young miniskirted damsels, and Bondlike action highlights. Salt and Pepper was followed two years later by a sequel, imaginatively titled One More Time.
characteristics
- Maniac
- Risk
- Danger
- Jeopardy
- Colleague
- Partner
- Terrorist
- Cabaret
- Nightclub
- Overthrow
- Nuclear-submarine
- Espionage
- Terrorism
- Intrigue
- Blackmail
