American Ambassador to England Harry Douglas (gleaming-eyed Don Walker) wants to use his weekend country home to rendevous with sexy neighbor Marian (sophisticated Alison Dietz) while his wife Lois (Jenny Aldrich, so lovely you wonder why her hubbie would stray) visits a spa. Little does amorous Harry know, when he solicits butler Perkins (Ron Halvorsen, veddy proper) to be "the soul of discretion," that Perkins has just made the same promise to Debbie Douglas. A true chip off her amorous father's block, Debbie (nimble Anne Marie Nestor) intends to vamp boyfriend Joe (funny Stevan Diklich), who isn't convinced her parents are as staid as she thinks. How right he is! To complicate matters, a bomb threat at the London embassy means its business gets transferred to the Ambassador's retreat, along with his dumb brunette secretary Faye Baker (busty Patti Eyler, fitting, too, as a bust at any job, simple to complex). Strict, suspicious marine Capt. South (frazzled Brad Wages) appears at first to guard the "embassy" and stays to examine suspicious shenanigans. Those come a-plenty!
If there s a pun or sight gag author Parker has missed, you wouldn't know it from this farce. Harry almost gets caught costumed as his fantasy lover, Tarzan, out to swing with his French maid (get it?) Marian. Tall Joe has to cross-dress as Debbie's gal pal; even silly-in-satin "Josephine" attracts Harry for a chase or two. Frequently opened doors keep flattening Capt.South, Joe gets his crotch caught in a zipper while Miss Baker gets caught in phone wires and Perkins' hand is glued to her backside.
Costumes, besides being appropriate, aid the raucous romping. The set, with all its doors and requisite living room sofa bed, is functional, if bland. In short, everyone and everything fits -- obviously for an audience that likes its plays old-fashioned silly more than sexy.
