The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962)

This Bellboy is after more than just big tips.

Directors:

Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Umgelter

Writers:

Francis Ford Coppola (extra scenes), Dieter Hildebrandt,

Stars:

June Wilkinson, Don Kenney, Karin Dor

Cast

Credited cast:
June Wilkinson
Don Kenney
Karin Dor
Willy Fritsch
Michael Cramer
Louise Lawson
Laura Cummings
Gigi Martine
Ann Perry	...	(as Ann Myers)
Jan Davidson
Lori Shea
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hans Jürgen Diedrich	...	(as Hans J. Dietrich)
Angèle Durand
Thomas Fabian
Merwin Goldsmith

Storyline

The bellboy aspires to be a private eye and is reading a book to learn the trade. The 'suspicious' activities of women in the hotel give him a chance to practice his skills. Surprise! They are representatives of a lingerie manufacturer. To investigate further, he poses as a potential buyer, and the women take turns modeling their wares. This includes demonstrations of how easily the garments come off - making this a film destined for softcore movie palaces in the '60s.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | model | female rear nudity | nudity | 3 dimensional | 

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Taglines:

June is busting out all over! In COLOR plus the new depth perception... it puts a girl in your lap!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA West Germany

Language:

English German

Release Date:

12 February 1962 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Playgirls and the Bellboy

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Defin Film, Rapid Film, Screen Rite Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

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Goofs

The 3-D keyhole views of June Wilkinson are technically wrong, since one can only look through a keyhole with one eye.

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Connections

Referenced in American Grindhouse (2010)

User Reviews

Lingerie and nudity

Here's the outline: the bellboy wants to be a private investigator so he's reading a book about it, and decides to practice on hotel guests. A group of women check in that represent a lingerie manufacturer. The bellboy poses as a buyer to "investigate" them. The girls model their wares, with special attention to how easily they can be removed. Lots of T&A and not much else.

When released in the '60s, this was the sort of thing shown in "adults only" movie theaters full of cigarette smoke and men wearing raincoats. In fact, the contents are pretty tame by today's standards - you could almost show it on PBS if it had any intellectual pretensions at all.

The only copy I've seen was an '80s VHS release. Being an unimportant movie in German, the audio is dubbed, and dubbed poorly. Video quality suggests a really old print or perhaps even 16mm.