Operation Snatch (also known as Top Secret [1]) is a 1962 British comedy film starring Terry-Thomas and George Sanders and directed by Robert Day.
[1][2][3] It was written by Alan Hackney, Len Heath and John Warren from a story by Paul Mills.
When one of the apes goes missing, he is required to go behind enemy lines to capture another one, or be personally responsible for the loss of Gibraltar.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Clumsy British farce, in which a badly directed Terry-Thomas endeavours to extract laughs from a wan script which pins its faith in jokes about monkeys, bananas, thickly-accented spies and fatuous British espionage agents.
"[4] The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 3/5 stars, calling it "enjoyably daft," writing: "There are too many stock characters, but this does have several ridiculously funny scenes.