Scattered throughout Barry Mahon's bursting at the seams filmography of nudie and sexploitation features with titles such as The Diary of Knockers McCalla (1968), outliers such as the New Orleans-set zombie horror The Dead One (1961) and this ludicrous cold-war propaganda "exposé" from 1960 predate the teen and kiddie features he later churned out. Tanya (Monica Davis from 1967's The Hookers) and John (John McKay from Mahon's earlier Cuban Rebel Girls) are U.S. spies who handily infiltrate the upper echelons of Russia's intelligence operations and learn of an impending rocket attack on apple pie America. The international intrigue is pantomimed in front of sub-Ed Wood sets by cast members who can barely read their lines, and the fatalistic finalé is too little, too late. Also with Art Metrano (Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers) and Jane Ross from Richard Hilliard's lost Wild Is My Love (1963).
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