Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon |
Newly arrived in London, Bill Gridley (Jack Lemmon) of the U.S. Embassy, looks for a flat to rent and winds up in the beautiful townhouse of Carly Hardwicke (Kim Novak). His boss, Ambruster (Fred Astaire) thinks the name of his employee's new landlady sounds familiar, and he is horrified when someone in the research department reminds him of just who Mrs. Hardwicke really is. It seems that her husband vanished without a trace several months ago, and now everyone is convinced that the "notorious" woman murdered the missing man! Before Ambruster can order Bill to find new quarters, Inspector Oliphant (Lionel Jeffries) importunes him to stay where he is and find out whatever he can about the supposed black widow.
Jack Lemmon and Fred Astaire |
Verdict: The picture and the cast have a lot of charm! ***
2 comments:
Need to see this again. I had a hard time getting into it recently. Kim seemed a little 'false' and her accent was sub-par. (Hate to say it because I adore her.)
Well, remember she only uses the accent (which IS mediocre) for the first few minutes when she's pretending to be British, then she drops it when she admits she's American to Lemmon. Try it again sometime. No masterpiece, but the cast is quite good.
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