The Optimist

Forced to smuggle messages into Russian and American Embassies in roller towels, the Optimist becomes a double agent for MI5 and causes mayhem at a poisonous cocktail party.

Losing his money at the races, the Optimist gets work from Sal at her stables, where he accidentally saves the aptly named and lightning-fast horse Nutter.

After dancer Olga hides a fabulous diamond in her ballet shoe, the Optimist is thrown into a world of international crime.

At a luxury London casino, the Optimist is an instant celebrity when he wins the roulette jackpot and affection of Gloria.

After the Optimist is mistakenly hailed as an innovative painter, his absurd abstracts and signature on sausages sell for thousands.

After inheriting a crumbling and sinister country home, and equally crumbling and sinister butler, the Optimist tries to become a Lord.