A Touch of Class (1973)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Melvin Frank

Writers:

Melvin Frank (written by) and
Jack Rose (written by) ...

Release Date:

1 October 1973 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They had the perfect love affair. Until they fell in love.

Plot:

Romantic comedy about a pair of clandestine lovers in a London-Spain tryst.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Vanity | Gibraltar | London England | Fashion Designer

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

George Segal	...	Steven 'Steve' Blackburn
Glenda Jackson	...	Vicki Allessio
Paul Sorvino	...	Walter Menkes
K Callan	...	Patty Menkes
Cec Linder	...	Wendell Thompson
Michael Elwyn	...	Cecil
Mary Barclay	...	Martha Thompson
Nadim Sawalha	...	Night Hotel Manager
Ian Thompson	...	Derek, Steve's Secretary
Ève Karpf	...	Miss Ramos, London Airline Clerk (as Eve Karpf)
David de Keyser	...	Doctor Alvarez (as David De Keyser)
Gaye Brown	...	Dora French
Carl Oatley	...	Bell Boy
Rebecca De Los Reyes	...	Rent-A-Car Clerk
Felipe Solano	...	Malaga Airline Clerk

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | UK:12 (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | UK:AA | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Alembic House - 93 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London, England, UK

Company:

Brut Productions

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Early on in the film, when Vicki and Steve first share the taxi, it is reflected in the windscreen of the taxi just as it pulls up to drop Vicki off in the rain.

Quotes:

Vicki: I'm sorry to bother you at this late hour, but do you have oregano?
Dora French: Christ, I hope not! I had a checkup last week.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Unhappily Ever After: A Touch of Glass (#2.7)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

She Loves Me, She Told Me So Last Night

Jackson excels in lightweight fluff

A love story with a built-in dead end: they're crazy about each other, but he's already married. Attempt to recapture the sophisticated romantic-comedies of yesteryear is put to the test under a heavy-handed direction which doesn't know what it's going for, laughs or pathos (the former occasionally bumping clumsily into the latter). There's nothing wrong with a good mix of laughs and tears, but this scenario is cluttered up with too many dolts (like Paul Sorvino's "best friend" character, who is tiresome the minute we meet him) and too many montages which set no certain mood. Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson is warmly sarcastic throughout--and she's delightful working with George Segal--but their characters lost my interest after an hour or so. There's too much bickering over nothing, too much intensity melting away into love-starved giggles. The picture is a situation comedy but there are only occasional laughs, all early on. ** from ****