I recently got HONEYMOON WITH A STRANGER from a trade, I guess it was never released on video, which is a shame, it could be a Crime Cult Classic especially with the famous Janet Leigh and the cult icon Barbara Steele starring. This is a nice variation of the novel "Trap for A Lonely Man", but with a female as the main character rather than a male. In the novel, a woman leaves on a holiday and doesn't return. Her husband who has many wives hires a detective to look for her, she returns, however she looks totally different and the man swears she is not his wife. HONEYMOON WITH A STRANGER is totally the opposite.
SUMMARY: Sandra Latham (Janet Leigh) marries a wealthy man Ernesto (Joseph Lenzi). On their honeymoon in Spain, Sandra wakes up one morning to find Ernesto gone. She tries to contact him but nobody knows where he is. She files a report with the police that he is missing. That's where Captain Sevilla (Rossano Brazi) comes in. They search for him and in the mean time discover he's taken off on many of his wives and changed his name numerous times. Finally they contact him and he returns, but is a totally different man (Cesare Danova), physically as well as mentally. Sandra realizes this is not her husband but there is no proof that he isn't. They contact his sister Carla (Barbara Steele) and his brothers, but they all say that that is the real Ernesto. What is Sandra to do? Is there a stranger in her house or is she just really crazy?
This is a great made for TV film. I suggest you check it out if the chance arises. The setting is fantastic in Spain and the acting is superb. The ending is a real shocker, something you WOULD expect had the acting not been so convincing. A recommendation for this film would definitely be: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. *** STARS and 8/10.
SUMMARY: Sandra Latham (Janet Leigh) marries a wealthy man Ernesto (Joseph Lenzi). On their honeymoon in Spain, Sandra wakes up one morning to find Ernesto gone. She tries to contact him but nobody knows where he is. She files a report with the police that he is missing. That's where Captain Sevilla (Rossano Brazi) comes in. They search for him and in the mean time discover he's taken off on many of his wives and changed his name numerous times. Finally they contact him and he returns, but is a totally different man (Cesare Danova), physically as well as mentally. Sandra realizes this is not her husband but there is no proof that he isn't. They contact his sister Carla (Barbara Steele) and his brothers, but they all say that that is the real Ernesto. What is Sandra to do? Is there a stranger in her house or is she just really crazy?
This is a great made for TV film. I suggest you check it out if the chance arises. The setting is fantastic in Spain and the acting is superb. The ending is a real shocker, something you WOULD expect had the acting not been so convincing. A recommendation for this film would definitely be: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. *** STARS and 8/10.