: ''This article is about the 1966 film. For the actual type of boat, see
Glass bottom boat''.
'''The Glass Bottom Boat''', also known as ''The Spy in Lace Panties'', is a
1966 romantic comedy film that is also considered a
film musical. The film stars
Doris Day and
Rod Taylor.
Plot
Jennifer Nelson (Day) and Bruce Templeton (Taylor) meet when Bruce reels in her mermaid suit, leaving Jennifer bottomless in the waters of
Catalina Island. She later discovers that Bruce is the big boss at her place of work (a
NASA research lab). Bruce hires Jennifer to be his biographer as a ruse to try and win her affections. There's one problem: security chief Homer Cripps (
Paul Lynde) believes she's a Russian spy and has her placed under surveillance. When Jennifer catches on...Watch out!
Cast
This movie also stars
Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver,
Paul Lynde,
Edward Andrews, Eric Fleming,
Dom DeLuise,
Elisabeth Fraser,
Dick Martin,
George Tobias,
Alice Pearce,
Ellen Corby, Dee J. Thompson, Richard Alden and an uncredited cameo by
Robert Vaughn of ''
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' fame.
DVD
The 2005 DVD release includes three vintage featurettes (''Catalina Island'', ''Every Girl's Dream'', and ''NASA'') as well as the Oscar-Winning cartoon ''
The Dot and the Line''.
External links
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Boat used in film sinks off coast of California (2006)