Panic Button
5.14.7
A businessman plans to solve his tax problems by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet." He hires Maurice Chevalier and Jayne Mansfield to play the title roles, and Akim Tamiroff to direct. The finished film is shown at the Venice Film Festival, where it's considered a witty parody and awarded a Golden Lion.
Panic Button
Mannix makes a bad movie using an over-the-hill actor to lose money. It wasn't lost on me that "Panic Button" is a bad low-budget movie that stars an over-the-hill actor in Maurice Chevalier. The movie wasn't funny, but maybe that was the point.
