Directed by:
Stanley DonenScreenplay:
Harry KurnitzCinematography:
Christopher ChallisComposer:
Benjamin FrankelCast:
Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor, Noël Coward, George Coulouris, Barry Foster, Michael Balfour, Danny Green, Warren Mitchell, Eric Pohlmann, Guy Deghy, Bill Nagy (more)Plots(1)
This is a spy-comedy from director Stanley Donen who inserts his specialty, a small song-and-dance number, into the odd proceedings. Gangster Nico March (Yul Brynner) has been ordered out of the United States because of his unsavory activities and back to the Greek island from whence he came (actually Rhodes). Once on the island, various characters enter the picture, including a local, corrupt police chief. Nico decides to send for a bundle of money left in the States but his double-crossing "friends" send him a bundle of feminine wiles instead, Gabby Rogers (Mitzi Gaynor). Obviously, Nico is none too pleased with the lousy substitution for hard cash, though he does not yet realize he is sure to fall in love with her. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Yul Brynner
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Mitzi Gaynor
USA
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Noël Coward
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George Coulouris
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Barry Foster
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Michael Balfour
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Danny Green
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Warren Mitchell
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Eric Pohlmann
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Guy Deghy
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Bill Nagy
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Harold Berens
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Kenneth J. Warren
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Lionel Murton
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Paul Carpenter
Canada
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Lyndon Brook
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