External links
- The Nasty Rabbit at IMDb
- The Nasty Rabbit is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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| The Nasty Rabbit | |
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| Directed by | James Landis |
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| Produced by | Arch Hall Sr. (as Nicholas Merriweather) |
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| Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond (as William Zsigmond) |
| Edited by | Anthony M. Lanza |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Rushmore Productions |
| Distributed by | Fairway International Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Nasty Rabbit (also known as Spies a-Go-Go) is a 1964 American Techniscope spy comedy film directed by James Landis and starring Misha Terr and Arch Hall Jr.
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Richard Kiel stated in an interview with Tom Weaver that the lead composer Mischa "Michael" Terr [1] financed the film. [2] Arch Hall Jr. recalled that Terr wished to be an actor with Arch Hall Sr. writing the film about a Russian character. Pat and Lolly Vegas later formed the group Redbone.
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