David McCallum took time off from his hit TV series The Man from UNCLE to star in this travelogue comedy set on the Riviera.
McCallum plays Stanley Thrumm, an English travel courier whose life is changed one night when he goes to a Monte Carlo casino in search of an American who has strayed from his tour. Cajoled into gambling, McCallum hits a winning streak and makes a small fortune.
He is observed by the sexy Carla Moretti (Sylva Koscina), who contrives to meet him and then connives with her ex-husband, Remo Romano (Domenico Modugno), to fleece the Englishman of his winnings.
Her conscience gets the better of her and she returns the money when he is fired.
Good scenery but the lacklustre script wastes the on-screen talent.
Stanley Thrumm
David McCallum Carla Moretti
Sylva Koscina Miss Angela Sparrow
Tammy Grimes Remo Romano
Domenico Modugno Harvey Tomlinson
Harvey Korman Gladys Tomlinson
Avril Angers Dr Manzoni
Aldo Fabrizi Francesca Bianchini
Mirella Maravidi Teddy Farnum
Claude Alliotti Peg Farnum
Alison Frazer Gussie Hagstrom
Freda Bamford Bernhard Hagstrom
Cardew Robinson Winifred Batterly
Ann Lancaster Joe Batterly
John Sharpe Alfred Guffy
Arthur Hewlett Birdie Guffy
Maureen Pryor Croupier
Riccardo Garrone The Yodeller
Edra Gale
Director
Alvin Ganzer
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