Adapted by Terence Frisby and Peter Kortner from Frisby’s stage play, this is a very tame version of a sex comedy that ran and ran on both sides of the Atlantic.
Nearing the end of an illustrious career, Roy Boulting directs without much enthusiasm, allowing Peter Sellers to cruise through his role as womanising TV celebrity Robert Danvers who’s knocked off his stride by a chance encounter with dippy waif Marion (Goldie Hawn).
Despite his meagre helping of wisecracks, the miscast Sellers still teams surprisingly well with Hawn, who also has some funny scenes with ditched boyfriend Jimmy (Nicky Henson), but overall this is a missed opportunity.
Robert Danvers
Peter Sellers Marion
Goldie Hawn Andrew Hunter
Tony Britton Jimmy
Nicky Henson John
John Comer John’s wife
Diana Dors Julia Halforde-Smythe
Gabrielle Drake Caroline
Geraldine Sherman Lady Heather
Judy Campbell Clare
Nicola Pagett Nigel
Christopher Cazenove
Director
Roy Boulting
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Nearing the end of an illustrious career, Roy Boulting directs without much enthusiasm, allowing Peter Sellers to cruise through his role as womanising TV celebrity Robert Danvers who’s knocked off his stride by a chance encounter with dippy waif Marion (Goldie Hawn).
Robert Danvers
