Monday, 27 July 2015

Not With My Wife You Don't (1966 Norman Krasna & co-scr)

Not bad Tony Curtis vehicle - at his best in igloo scene (he's almost winking at the audience), George C Scott showing a nice touch for comedy, Virna Lisi as dependable and gorgeous as ever. She just died last December, having survived her husband of 53 years by just over a year. She actually made quite a few English-language films but her hour of glory was 1994's La Reine Margot for which she won the César and Cannes awards - looks great.


Best scene is where she goes to see Italian film and they all end up appearing in it; and fight scene where they're trying not to make a noise. Carroll O'Connor is the General and Eddie Ryder the faithful sergeant.

Shot by Charles Lang.

There's also a great gag featuring a cow! Quite a lot of airforce jet footage, almost as though they are showing off - arguably, too much. Great sequence though where they fly over London, Paris, the alps and end up over the Colosseum.

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