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5.5/10   817 votes
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Director:
Roy Boulting
Writers:
Terence Frisby (screenplay)
Terence Frisby (play)
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Release Date:
15 December 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
A saucy delectable romantic comedy for the amorous gourmet. more
Plot:
TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
*** out of **** (barely) more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Peter Sellers ... Robert Danvers

Goldie Hawn ... Marion
Tony Britton ... Andrew
Nicky Henson ... Jimmy
Diana Dors ... John's Wife
Judy Campbell ... Lady Heather
John Comer ... John
Gabrielle Drake ... Julia Halforde-Smythe
Nicola Pagett ... Claire the Bride
Geraldine Sherman ... Caroline
Thorley Walters ... Manager of Carlton Hotel
Ruth Trouncer ... Gilly
Françoise Pascal ... Paola
Tom Marshall ... Bryan
Raf De La Torre ... Monsieur Le Guestier
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
95 min | Argentina:92 min | USA:96 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:12 (2004) | UK:15 (1988) | UK:X (1970) | Iceland:L | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:R
Filming Locations:
France more
Company:
Charter Film Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The opening credits list an "assistant to the director", "assistant to the assistant director" and "assistant to the assistant's assistant". more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Marion (Goldie Hawn) wakes up the first morning in Robert's (Peter Sellers) London apartment she uses the telephone to try to call her ex-boyfriend. She dials a 7 digit phone number (USA) instead of an 8 digit number (UK). more
Quotes:
Marion: What are you, a mortician or something? This is the kind of music they play in funeral parlors. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
It's Gotta Be Now more

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
*** out of **** (barely), 14 July 2004
Author: johnnybravo19852000 (johnnybravo19852000@yahoo.com.sg) from Portland OR

Being a HUGE fan of the late great (etc. etc.) Peter Sellers I was really looking forward to There's A Girl In My Soup.

Well............the premise started off strong with Seller as the ladies man who knows what women want to hear and what they need to hear and virtually every female (young and old) simply can't say no to. Considering the age of the movie (34 years and counting and the gratuitous nudity may surprise you) it brought back the free spirit of the 60s'. No condoms, aids, and marijuana was probably considered part of the recommended daily allowance.

While on the way to a party Danver meets a young lady (Goldie Hawn) who has just caught her good for nothing boyfriend in lip lock with another female. Since Ted Bundy was only a boy in 1970 she accepts the invitation to Danver's apartment and the most brilliant dialogue between the two is enjoyed for the next 20 minutes.

Thats when Danver begins to realize that women are not sex objects, but breathing living human beings with emotions. Hawn does spend the night but Sellers chooses to sleep on the couch.

Eventually a healthy relationship happens but despite the two good actors (well, one being the best of the best-Peter Sellers) the chemistry between Danver and Marion is weak. (Hawn had the same problem with Mel Gibson in Bird On A Wire). Goldie has a look on her face like she is kissing her dad and Peter isn't able to hide his boredom either.

When they return from a fabulous vacation in France, Danver finds out to his horror that the tabloids have printed that he and Marion were secretly married and chaos begins.

Thats when screen writer Terence Frisby makes chaos. The terrific conversation that was enjoyed when Hawn and Sellers first met is now followed by two people that are no longer individuals we care about. Hawn in particular now dives into the stereo type dumb blonde (and in an especially unfunny scene when she embarrasses Peter at a wine tasting test but Sellers sharp wit saves the day with a hilarious liner in the elevator on the way back to his apartment) and eventually you just want her to go away. And the ending? I still had both eyebrows raised after the ending credits started to roll.

Recognizing my review as a prejudice approach, I recommend this movie to myself and only true Peter Seller fans. But even they should be warned: this not a Seller's movie in top form.

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