The Nasty Rabbit

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| name = The Nasty Rabbit

| image = The Nasty Rabbit.jpg

| caption =

| director = James Landis

| producer = Arch Hall Sr. (as Nicholas Merriweather)

| screenplay = {{ubl|Arch Hall Sr. (as Arch Hall)|Jim Critchfield}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Misha Terr|Arch Hall Jr}}

| cinematography = Vilmos Zsigmond (as William Zsigmond)

| editing = Anthony M. Lanza

| color_process = Technicolor

| studio = Rushmore Productions

| distributor = Fairway International Pictures

| released = {{film date|1964|12|}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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The Nasty Rabbit (also known as Spies a-Go-Go) is a 1964 American Techniscope spy comedy film directed by James Landis and starring Misha Terr and Arch Hall Jr.

Plot

A Russian submarine lands one of their agents disguised as a cowboy carrying a rabbit that is carrying a deadly virus. The Soviets plan for the rabbit to infect the United States through breeding with American rabbits with the goal of killing large numbers of Americans.

Cast

Michael Terr as Mischa Lowzoff (as Mischa Terr)
Arch Hall Jr. as Britt Hunter
Liz Renay as Cecelia Solomon (as Melissa Morgan)
Arch Hall Sr. as Marshall Malout / Malcolm McKinley (as William Watters)
Hal Bizzy as Heinrich Krueger
Jack Little as Maxwell Stoppie
Ray Vegas as Pancho Gonzales
John Akana as Col. Kobayaski
Sharon Ryker as Jackie Gavin
Hal Bokar as Gavin

Production

Richard Kiel stated in an interview with Tom Weaver that the lead composer Mischa "Michael" Terr{{Cite web|title=Michael Terr|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290395/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=IMDb}} financed the film.pp. 208-209 Weaver, Tom Richard Kiel Interview in Eye on Science Fiction: 20 Interviews With Classic Sf and Horror Filmmakers McFarland, 01/01/2003 Arch Hall Jr. recalled that Terr wished to be an actor with Arch Hall Sr. writing the film about a Russian character. Pat and Lolly Vegas later formed the group Redbone.