There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)

TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses... See full summary »

Director:

Roy Boulting

Writers:

Terence Frisby (screenplay), Terence Frisby (play),

Stars:

Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Tony Britton

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Sellers	...	Robert Danvers
Goldie Hawn	...	Marion
Tony Britton	...	Andrew Hunter
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 Hunter
Françoise Pascal	...	Paola
Tom Marshall	...	Bryan
Raf De La Torre	...	Monsieur Le Guestier

Storyline

TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions. At first, her candor and cynicism put him off, but after he witnesses her breaking up with her rocker boyfriend, he's attracted to her and invites her on an idyllic two-week trip to France. Slowly, she pokes holes in his artifice and he comes to care for her. When they return to London, with the press thinking they're married, they come to a cross-roads: go back to their old lives, marry each other, or invent a new, open relationship. Is Robert up to it?

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Plot Keywords:

france | gourmet | celebrity | wedding dress | female frontal nudity | 

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Taglines:

M'mm M'mm Good!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English French

Release Date:

15 December 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

Caiu Uma Rapariga na Minha Sopa

Filming Locations:

Chelsea Embankment, Chelsea, London, England, UK

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 2,627,570 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charter Film Productions, Ascot Productions, Frankovich Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The opening credits list an "assistant to the director", "assistant to the assistant director" and "assistant to the assistant's assistant".

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Quotes

Marion: What are you, a mortician or something? This is the kind of music they play in funeral parlors.

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Connections

References I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)

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Soundtracks

"It's Gotta Be Now"
Music and Lyrics by Mike d'Abo

User Reviews

A satire of Sellers

In many respects Peter Sellers is satirising himself in There's A Girl In My Soup, by playing this role of an ageing Lothario in the public eye. As such, Sellers gives a first rate performance as would be expected from the great man. Deep down Seller's character in the film was a lonely, insecure celebrity with low self-esteem, who depended on the adulation of women, and his fans like a life support system. In this sense Seller's was portraying the tears of a clown via this characterisation of himself.

And while Sellers has charisma in this role, the film lacks it in the comedic genre it's supposed to be. There's allot more that I expected from Hawn, while the director could have made more of situations.

In some respects, it could be said that the restaurant scene in the film Pretty Woman (1990) is an extrapolation of that in There's A Girl In My Soup, where Seller's character takes Hawn's wine tasting, when she appears to know nothing about the etiquette of the rituals involved in it. The director could have exaggerated Hawn's character's clumsiness in this scene, like Julia Robert's when eating her meal in the restaurant scene in Pretty Woman.

Overall, a bit flat, but worth watching for Seller's alone.