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Penelope (1966)
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Release Date:
10 November 1966 (USA)
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The worlds most beautiful bank-robber more
Plot:
Comedy about a flighty, bored, kleptomaniac wife of a banker who robs her husband's bank of $60,000. full summary | full synopsis
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Maltin Gets It Wrong Once Again! It's actually quite fun.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Natalie Wood | ... | Penelope Elcott | |
| Ian Bannen | ... | James B. Elcott | |
| Dick Shawn | ... | Dr. Gregory Mannix | |
| Peter Falk | ... | Lieutenant Horatio Bixbee | |
| Jonathan Winters | ... | Professor Klobb | |
| Lila Kedrova | ... | Princess Sadaba | |
| Lou Jacobi | ... | Ducky | |
| Norma Crane | ... | Mildred Halliday | |
| Arthur Malet | ... | Salvation Army Major Higgins | |
| Jerome Cowan | ... | Bank manager | |
| Arlene Golonka | ... | Honeysuckle Rose | |
| Amzie Strickland | ... | Miss Serena | |
| Bill Gunn | ... | Sergeant Rothschild | |
| Carl Ballantine | ... | Boom Boom | |
| Iggie Wolfington | ... | Store Owner |
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97 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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There seems to be a scene cut from the movie, perhaps a fantasy sequence. Some lobby cards show Natalie Wood and her husband in the film in their beds. The husband looks bored and uninterested in Natalie. In others from the same scene he reads a newspaper or has a boardroom meeting while Natalie sits in bed looking gorgeous.
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Continuity: The milk on Dr. Gregory's suit disappears and the suit is completely dry from one shot to the next.
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Referenced in The King of the Duplicators (1968)
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Soundtrack:
The Sun Is Gray
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I wouldn't call it a classic, but PENELOPE is definitely a fun way to spend an afternoon. Natalie Wood is gorgeous and quite funny in the title role, and she has an amazing wardrobe. Dick Shawn and Peter Falk (practicing for COLUMBO?) provide strong supporting performances as a psychiatrist and a police lieutenant, respectively. Unfortunately, Ian Bannen lacks charisma, making it hard to believe that "Penelope" would choose his character over every other man in NYC. With its bright, bold colors and criminal exploits, PENELOPE plays like an extended episode of the "Batman" TV series. In fact, the film includes a reference to Batman. Definitely a must-see for Natalie Wood fans.