Directed by:
Anthony AsquithScreenplay:
Terence RattiganCinematography:
Jack HildyardComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Margaret Rutherford, Maggie Smith, Rod Taylor, Orson Welles, Linda Christian, Dennis Price (more)Plots(1)
For elite passengers awaiting London-to-U.S. flights, takeoff can't occur soon enough. But then fog rolls in, grounding air traffic. Over the next fateful night, the jet-setters must face problems and not flee them. First-class stars book passage for romantic melodrama mixed with wry comic flourishes in The V.I.P.s Frances (Elizabeth Taylor) is running from her neglectful tycoon husband (Richard Burton) into the arms of the suave Marc (Louis Jourdan). Filmmaker Max (Orson Welles) is dodging the taxman. Harried entrepreneur Les (Rod Taylor) is blind to the romantic devotion of his secretary (Maggie Smith). And a dotty dutchess (Margaret Rutherford) is determined to save her ancestral manor. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Elizabeth Taylor
UK
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Richard Burton
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Louis Jourdan
France
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Elsa Martinelli
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Margaret Rutherford
UK
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Maggie Smith
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Rod Taylor
Australia
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Orson Welles
USA
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Linda Christian
Mexico
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Dennis Price
UK
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Ronald Fraser
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Peter Sallis
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John Blythe
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Lewis Fiander
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Alan Howard
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Ray Austin
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Michael Hordern
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Richard Briers
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Richard Wattis
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Joan Benham
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