Sextette (1978)

Marlo Manners is enjoying her honeymoon with Sir Michael Barrington, husband number 6. As luck would have it, an international conference is taking place in the same hotel and the Russian ... See full summary »

Director:

Ken Hughes

Writers:

Herbert Baker (screenplay), Mae West (play)

Stars:

Mae West, Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mae West	...	Marlo Manners
Timothy Dalton	...	Sir Michael Barrington
Dom DeLuise	...	Dan Turner
Tony Curtis	...	Alexei Karansky
Ringo Starr	...	Laslo Karolny
George Hamilton	...	Vance Norton
Alice Cooper	...	Waiter
Keith Allison	...	Waiter in Alexei's Suite
Rona Barrett	...	Rona Barrett
Van McCoy	...	Delegate
Keith Moon	...	Dress Designer
Regis Philbin	...	Regis Philbin
Walter Pidgeon	...	The Chairman
George Raft	...	George Raft
Gil Stratton	...	Gil Stratton

Storyline

Marlo Manners is enjoying her honeymoon with Sir Michael Barrington, husband number 6. As luck would have it, an international conference is taking place in the same hotel and the Russian delegate (one of Marlo's former husbands) is threatening to derail the negotiations unless he can have one more fling with his ex. Adding to the complications is a tape Marlo has made detailing all of her affairs and scandals, which her manager is desperately trying (and failing) to destroy.

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Plot Keywords:

honeymoon | hotel | last film role for actress | one word title | celebrity | 

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Taglines:

The Sin-Sational Mae West

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Crown International Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

América Louca

Filming Locations:

Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Briggs and Sullivan

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The press kit was issued with a pink cassette tape, like the one featured in the film, which included the songs from the movie. The soundtrack has never been commercially released.

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Goofs

Earlier scenes establish that the hotel gymnasium is below the lion statue, where the tape is. When Barrington recovers the tape from the statue, a street is below him. When he falls, he ends up in the gymnasium.

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Quotes

Regis Philbin: The wedding of a world famous figure, and surely this figure is famous.

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Connections

Featured in Hagan Reviews: Sextette (2012)

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Soundtracks

"After You've Gone"
Written by Henry Creamer and Turner Layton
Morley Music Co. Inc.
Performed by Mae West

User Reviews

SEXTETTE is a GREAT MAE WEST film!!!!

Sextette! This movie, which has been unfairly attacked by so-called....uhhh...."critics," is a fun, entertaining film! The fact is that SO MANY "facts" about this movie are UNTRUE that it is unbelievable! The "critics" attack Miss Mae West unmercifully because of her age in this film. That is VERY UNFAIR! Mae West was (and still remains) the GREATEST STAR in the history of the WORLD!!! She is incredible in Sextette and HIGHLY ALERT (despite what age-prejudice critics say), and she is very FUN too in this delightful gem of a movie!!! No star in the history of Hollywood could EVER compare to the uncomparable MAE WEST! What is amazing about this film is that Mae STILL delivers the sexy, CAMPY fun, just as she ALWAYS did!!! One person here told the truth and that was that Mae was not playing a "young" star in this film. The movie does make plain that she is a LEGENDARY star from the golden days of Hollywood. And the PLAIN fact of the matter is she DELIVERS like a TRUE MEGA-SUPERSTAR would do!!!! She is STILL SEXY, WONDERFUL looking, and incredible every INCH of the way!!! Mae was determined to make this movie for her fans and she DID do so and DID A GREAT JOB!!!! If one is not a Mae West fan then one may not like this flick. I say TOO BAD!!!! A TRUE MAE WEST fan will RELISH it!!! All of Mae's WONDERFUL antics are in this film. SHE HAS LOST NONE OF THE MAGIC!!! This is a VERY UNDER-RATED film and ANYONE who dares criticize it SUCKS!!! One more thing......Mae West herself would defend all you who do SUCK, because she was just that kind of woman!!!! She ALWAYS defended those who do suck and ALL the self-professed "critics" here do SUCK to the maximum!!!! I want to see any of these so called "critics" accomplish what Mae West did in this film and then I will call you a true LEGEND. You can't do it, WILL NOT ever do it, and the fact of the matter is you will be justly rewarded for your hate-filled, prejudiced attacks on a TRUE HOLLYWOOD SUPER-SUPER STAR!!!!