Though Alec Guinness fans will probably enjoy this film, they won't see their favorite actor in a top-notch production here. Guinness also starred in the successful London and Broadway stage versions of this Feydeau bedroom farce, which is set in a sleazy hotel run by Tamiroff (reprising
his managerial duties from FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO). Lollobrigida, the sexually neglected, comely wife of a pompous architect (Morley), seduces the timid Guinness while his own domineering spouse, Mount, is off visiting a sick relative. When Morley arrives at the hotel unexpectedly, Guinness and
Lollobrigida are thrown into a panic, and their rendezvous becomes an elaborate game of hi...
Released:
1966
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins