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What's Up, Tiger Lily? is a 1966 American comedy film directed by Woody Allen in his feature-length directorial debut.
Allen took a Japanese spy film, International Secret Police: Key of Keys, and overdubbed it with completely original dialogue that had nothing to do with the plot of the original film. By putting in new scenes and rearranging the order of existing scenes, he completely changed the tone of the film from a James Bond clone into a comedy about the search for the world's best egg salad recipe.
During post-production, Allen's original one-hour television version was expanded without his permission to include additional scenes from International Secret Police: A Barrel of Gunpowder, the third film in the International Secret Police series, and musical numbers by the band The Lovin' Spoonful. This experience helped convince Allen that he should secure creative control for all his future projects. The band released a soundtrack album. Louise Lasser, who was married to Allen at the time, served as one of the voice actors for the "new" dialogue soundtrack, as did Mickey Rose, Allen's writing partner on Take The Money and Run (1969) and Bananas (1971).
Original Release
11/02/1966
US Release
11/02/1966
Cast
Name | Character |
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The Lovin' Spoonful | The Lovin' Spoonful |
Julie Bennett | Vocal Assist (voice) / Vocal Assist |
Mickey Rose | Vocal Assist (voice) / Vocal Assist |
Tatsuya Mihashi | Phil Moscowitz |
Mie Hama | Teri Yaki |
Akiko Wakabayashi | Suki Yaki |
Hideyo Amamoto | Cobra Man |
Steve Boone | Steve Boone - The Lovin' Spoonful |
Joe Butler | Joe Butler - The Lovin' Spoonful |
Susumu Kurobe | Wing Fat |
Directors
Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Writers
Woody Allen, Frank Buxton, Louise Lasser, Len Maxwell, Bryna Wilson, Julie Bennett, Mickey Rose, Hideo Ando, Ben Shapiro
Cast
Name | Character |
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The Lovin' Spoonful | The Lovin' Spoonful |
Julie Bennett | Vocal Assist (voice) / Vocal Assist |
Mickey Rose | Vocal Assist (voice) / Vocal Assist |
Tatsuya Mihashi | Phil Moscowitz |
Mie Hama | Teri Yaki |
Akiko Wakabayashi | Suki Yaki |
Hideyo Amamoto | Cobra Man |
Steve Boone | Steve Boone - The Lovin' Spoonful |
Joe Butler | Joe Butler - The Lovin' Spoonful |
Susumu Kurobe | Wing Fat |
China Lee | Dancer in Credits |
Kumi Mizuno | Phil's Date |
Tadao Nakamaru | Shepherd Wong |
Tetsu Nakamura | Foreign Minister |
Sachio Sakai | Hoodlum |
John Sebastian | Himself / John Sebastian - The Lovin' Spoonful |
Zal Yanovsky | Zal Yanovsky - The Lovin' Spoonful |
Osman Yusuf | Gambler |
Woody Allen | Himself / Dub Voice / Projectionist / Woody Allen |
Frank Buxton | Vocal Assist (voice) / Vocal Assist |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Henry G. Saperstein | Executive Producer |
Woody Allen | Producer |
Reuben Bercovitch | Producer |
Shin Morita | Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |