I had heard about a movie that Jayne Mansfield did called "The Fat Spy" and I was curious about what it was like. It was bad. Bad. What makes it so bad is that it's boring. The cast includes Jack E. Leonard, Brian Donlevy, Phyllis Diller and Jayne Mansfield out of those names, it's really unfortunate that Jayne is billed fourth, because at least she livens the movie with her scenes, played with her typical "I'm gonna make the best of this lousy part" enthusiasm. For real. Everyone else could very well have been entertaining if they had been placed into a much better movie.

To fully grasp how dull this movie is, I've seen Jack E. Leonard, Brian Donlevy and Phyllis Diller in various television shows and the acting they did in typical 60s halfhour sitcoms was gargantuan leaps and bounds above "The Fat Spy." Jayne Mansfield, however, at least looks like the hottest thing going and there's a feeling that this woman knew exactly what kind of a bottomofthebarrel movie she was doing but she was going to have a blast anyway.

This song, "I'd Like To Be A Rose In Your Garden (But I'm Just A Thorn In Your Side)" plays into a romantic storyline involving Jayne and Jack E.(!); she sings it to him as an inducement to furthering their relationship. It's actually not a bad song and probably, no it IS the best thing in this thing masquerading as a movie. A Grade Z movie.

"I'd Like To Be a Rose In Your Garden (But I'm Just a Thorn in Your Side)" Written by Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha and Hank Hunter

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