A Very Special Favor (1965)

Michel Boullard (Charles Boyer) meets Paul Chadwick (Rock Hudson) while going against him in a court case in France... See full synopsis »

Director:

Michael Gordon

Writers:

Stanley Shapiro, Nate Monaster

Stars:

Rock Hudson, Leslie Caron, Charles Boyer

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rock Hudson	...	Paul Chadwick
Leslie Caron	...	Dr. Lauren Boullard
Charles Boyer	...	Michel Boullard
Walter Slezak	...	Etienne, Restaurant Proprietor
Dick Shawn	...	Arnold Plum
Larry Storch	...	Harry the Taxi Driver
Nita Talbot	...	Mickey the Switchboard Operator
Norma Varden	...	Mother Plum
George Furth	...	Pete
Marcel Hillaire	...	Claude - French Barrister
Jay Novello	...	Rene, French Barrister
Stafford Repp	...	Bartender
Danica D'Hondt	...	Jacqueline
Frank De Vol	...	Desk Clerk (as Frank DeVol)
John Harding	...	Dr. Lambert

Storyline

Michel Boullard (Charles Boyer) meets Paul Chadwick (Rock Hudson) while going against him in a court case in France... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

psychiatrist | paris france | farce

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 August 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ein Appartement für drei

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Lankershim Company, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Co-star Walter Slezak, who played a French restaurateur in the film, was a gourmet cook and often treated the cast and crew to French cuisine.

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Quotes

Paul Chadwick: Dorothy, if a man ever asks you to romance his daughter, promise me you'll turn him down.
Dorothy: You have my word.

User Reviews

Wildly uneven and not one of Rock Hudson's better vehicles.

There is a lot to like about this Rock Hudson film, but also a lot that just didn't work. Aside from being wildly uneven, it's just not that good a film.

The movie starts off quite well. Rock plays a womanizer who is absolutely irresistible to women--and he soon wins a legal case simply because the judge thinks he's a hunk. His opponent (Charles Boyer) is impressed with Hudson's sex appeal and befriends him. Soon, however, their friendship is tested when Boyer asks Rock to seduce his VERY proper and seemingly unhappy daughter (Leslie Caron). However, instead of doing this directly, when Rock finds out she's a psychologist, he decides to concoct some stupid disorder and tries to trick her into loving him. This and the rest of the film is VERY contrived--never making any sense and at times being rather offensive. My ULTRA-feminist college-age daughter kept having an apoplexy as she watched Rock's shenanigans--and she felt he was more like a date rapist than a hero! I didn't feel quite that strongly but could understand how someone could be very turned off by him--he WAS a jerk and the film stopped making sense towards the end. A FAR cry from the great films he made with Doris Day, that's for sure! Unlikable characters and poor writing make this a chore to watch at times. Very skippable.