If anything, Nico Mastorakis knows how to put together a cast of actors that I get excited about. In this, he has Shannon Tweed, Norman Fell, Bubba Smith, John Vernon, Zsa Zsa Gabor, M. Emmet Walsh, Lou Ferrigno, Erik Estrada, Ted Lange, Billy Barty, Yvonne De Carlo, Little Richard, David Birney, Dick Gautier, Camilla Sparv (a one-time wife of Robert Evans) and former Miss Yugoslavia Natasha Pavlovich.

This is his chance to make Some Like It Hot, with Frank (Robert Caso) and Frank (Kevin Schon) having to become Ethel and Mirabelle when they take evidence against a mob boss in a briefcase switcharound. On the run from hitman Bruno (Brian Thompson, The Night Slasher and Shao Khan!), they end up in a beauty contest for a ketchup king named Rupert Hess (Herb Edelman). At some point, this forgets to be a Billy Wilder movie and becomes Casablanca.

Julie Gray is also in this and not only was she in School Spirit, Dr. Alien and Stryker, but she’s the girl in Ozzy’s video for “The Ultimate Sin.” Yes, that’s Spice Williams as Sam. She was also Vixis the female klingon in Star Trek V and Coach Drew in Fatal Games. And Bogart at the end? Robert Sacchi who is the Sam Spade-appearing detecting in The French Sex Murders.

I have a soft spot for this filmmaker. Reading the reviews of this, it seemed like he had punched some of these folks’ moms in the stomach or something. He just makes movies!

This is part of Arrow Video’s The Nico Mastorakis Collection and has an interview with Dan Hirsch looking back on his role in the film and a trailer as extra features.

This set is available from MVD.