Three Bites of the Apple (1967)

Director:

Alvin Ganzer

Writer:

George Wells (writer)

Release Date:

25 June 1967 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Cast

David McCallum	...	Stanley Thrumm
Sylva Koscina	...	Carla Moretti
Tammy Grimes	...	Angela Sparrow
Harvey Korman	...	Harvey Tomlinson
Domenico Modugno	...	Remo Romano
Aldo Fabrizi	...	Dr. Manzoni
Mirella Maravidi	...	Francesca Bianchini
Riccardo Garrone	...	Croupier
Avril Angers	...	Gladys Tomlinson
Claude Aliotti	...	Teddy Farnum (as Claude Alliotti)
Freda Bamford	...	Gussie Hagstrom
Arthur Hewlett	...	Alfred Guffy
Alison Frazer	...	Peg Farnum
Cardew Robinson	...	Bernhard Hagstrom
Ann Lancaster	...	Winnifred Batterfly

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Portofino, Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Company:

Alvin Ganzer Production

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Italy's in Season (1967)

Soundtrack:

Carla Theme

I remember loving this movie and I look often for its release

I was only 17 or 18 when I saw it but I remember being touched by it. Sylva Koscina plays an unreachable, beautiful, sophisticated woman longed for by a simple, kindly, unflappable tour bus driver (David McCallum).

But all is not as it seems. Evil forces are at work (I can't remember the details). I do remember that David McCallum fits the role of an unfailingly polite, kind and giving man very well and that Sylva Koscina is indeed a thing of beauty. Many shady dealings and much comical happenstance precede a satisfying conclusion.

Definitely not deep but great entertainment. I really wish it would be picked up on DVD.