updated: 04/11/2004
In this Leslie Nielsen vehicle Luanne Leseur aka Prunella Pagliacci (Kelly Lynch) is a very good thief and a master of disguise.
The old lady disguise is excellent – indeed overkill for the brief gag. It involves facial and hand prosthetics (described as deliberately cartoony by Charles Porlier), a wig, a fat-suit, and false teeth. I’m grateful to Charles Porlier for makeup application images for this makeup.
The reviews and interviews with Kelly Lynch also refer to a male disguise but this was cut before release, possibly because that scene had no reference to the fact that the character was Prunella in disguise (unlike the old lady scene, where she seen both fitting the dentures after finishing a phone call and then fleeing athletically after being recognised by Magoo’s dog). It’s a shame it wasn’t even included in the DVD. Fortunately that generous Mr Porlier came to the rescue with some images of Kelly as a balding middle-aged man.