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Director:
Joseph McGrath
Writers:
Josef Shaftel (short story)
Alec Coppel (play)
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Release Date:
11 September 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
The Years Big Put-On...And Take-Off Too! more
Plot:
Harriet Blossom, the lonely wife of a workaholic brassiere manufacturer, breaks her sewing machine and ends up in bed with the repairman... more | add synopsis
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Shirley was great, the 60s were too more (10 total)

Cast

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Shirley MacLaine ... Harriet Blossom

Richard Attenborough ... Robert Blossom
James Booth ... Ambrose Tuttle
Freddie Jones ... Det. Sgt. Dylan
William Rushton ... Dylan's assistant
Bob Monkhouse ... Dr. Taylor
Patricia Routledge ... Miss Reece
John Bluthal ... Judge
Harry Towb ... Doctor
Sandra Caron ... Pet shop assistant
Sheila Steafel ... Pet shop saleslady (as Sheila Staefel)
Frank Thornton ... Factory manager
Barry Humphries ... Art dealer

John Cleese ... Post Office clerk
Bruce Lacey ... Musketeer
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Runtime:
USA:93 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:11 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG (re-rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK more
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film is (loosely) based on a real incident. In the late 1910s and early 1920s, Dolly Oesterreich kept her lover, Otto Sanhuber in the attic where he lived for many years. Her husband Fred ran a company that made aprons. Otto even moved with the couple from Milwaukee to Los Angeles to stay above his lover. Unfortunately, the real story doesn't have the happy ending of the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene where Robert is conducting the Brass Band, a picture of a Mexican (Mr. Tuttle dressed-up) and a dog (Dinky) is visible. These two characters don't appear until later in the picture and Robert only sees the picture for the 'first time' at Mrs.Blossom's picture exhibition after that. more
Movie Connections:
References Zulu (1964) more
Soundtrack:
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Shirley was great, the 60s were too, 17 March 2005
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Author: psully99 from United States

I only saw this movie once, around 1982. Sorry to admit, I was still doing some of the 60s things at the time, like smoking pot, and so my recollections are not so vivid of the movie (except for laughing too much, and a giant bra), but it is remarkable that even now when I see Shirley McLaine movies I always wonder why Ihave never seen Mrs. Blossom again. I looked it up on Internet just now and came here, because "What a Way to Go!" came on, and it is another even older (1964) Shirley McLaine movie. She's So CUTE!

Hmm, now that I recall, I was also in a love triangle at the time. Maybe that's why it seems so poignant.

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