Caprice (1967)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Writers:

Martin Hale (story)
Jay Jayson (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 May 1967 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

Where do you run when there's no place to run? Where do you hide when there's no place to hide?

Plot:

In this comedy-thriller, Patricia Foster is an industrial designer who gets herself into a whole heap...

Plot Keywords:

Hair | Fall From Height | Dog | Helicopter | Gun

Cast

Doris Day	...	Patricia Foster
Richard Harris	...	Christopher White
Ray Walston	...	Stuart Clancy
Jack Kruschen	...	Matthew Cutter
Edward Mulhare	...	Sir Jason Fox
Lilia Skala	...	Madame Piasco
Irene Tsu	...	Su Ling
Larry D. Mann	...	Inspector Kapinsky
Maurice Marsac	...	Auber
Michael Romanoff	...	Butler
Lisa Seagram	...	Mandy
Michael J. Pollard	...	Barney

Runtime:

UK:95 min | USA:98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (as De Luxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:U

Company:

Arcola Pictures

Trivia:

In her autobiography, Doris Day wrote that when she read this script, she remarked to her manager/husband Martin Melcher: "Thank God we don't have to do movies like that anymore!" His response: "We've already made the deal - there's no sense getting all steamed up about it!" Melchor had power of attorney for Day and signed her up for this film without her knowledge or consent.

Movie Connections:

Features "Batman" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Caprice

"The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.....Cream"

It's puzzling this Doris Day comedic spy-thriller never developed more of a following among her fans--must be because 20th Century Fox never released it on video (the DVD belatedly arrived Jan. 2007). Doris plays an industrial designer for a cosmetics firm in Paris who gets caught spying; she's picked up by a competing agency based in Los Angeles, where she is teamed with Richard Harris, who's working as a double agent. "Caprice" has many twists which render the plot nearly superfluous (it's wispy-thin to start with), but director Frank Tashlin keeps it all moving fast, helped by Leon Shamroy's colorful cinematography and the incredible '60s outfits. Day and Harris reportedly weren't fond of this picture (nobody was at the time), however it looks good today, and has some very funny set-pieces such as a chase in an apartment complex, a satirical episode in a movie theater (with Doris watching this movie, trying to get a snip of a girl's hair), and in the elevator, where Doris does a priceless comic turn with a cup of water. A fun time, loose and swinging, and quite different from what Miss Day was turning out at this point in her career. ***1/2 from ****