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The Millionairess

  • 1960
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
1.9K
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The Millionairess (1960)
ComedyDramaRomance

A millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents.A millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents.A millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents.

  • Director
    • Anthony Asquith
  • Writers
    • George Bernard Shaw
    • Riccardo Aragno
    • Wolf Mankowitz
  • Stars
    • Sophia Loren
    • Peter Sellers
    • Alastair Sim
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    1.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Anthony Asquith
    • Writers
      • George Bernard Shaw
      • Riccardo Aragno
      • Wolf Mankowitz
    • Stars
      • Sophia Loren
      • Peter Sellers
      • Alastair Sim
    • 34User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 nomination total

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    Sophia Loren
    Sophia Loren
    • Epifania
    Peter Sellers
    Peter Sellers
    • Doctor Ahmed El Kabir…
    Alastair Sim
    Alastair Sim
    • Sagamore
    Vittorio De Sica
    Vittorio De Sica
    • Joe
    • (as Vittorio de Sica)
    Dennis Price
    Dennis Price
    • Doctor Adrian Bland
    Gary Raymond
    Gary Raymond
    • Alastair
    Alfie Bass
    Alfie Bass
    • Fish Curer
    Miriam Karlin
    Miriam Karlin
    • Mrs. Joe
    Noel Purcell
    Noel Purcell
    • Professor
    Virginia Vernon
    • Polly
    Graham Stark
    Graham Stark
    • Butler
    Diana Coupland
    • Nurse
    Pauline Jameson
    Pauline Jameson
    • Muriel
    Eleanor Summerfield
    • Mrs. Willoughby
    Willoughby Goddard
    Willoughby Goddard
    • President
    Basil Hoskins
    • 1st Secretary
    Gordon Sterne
    • 2nd Secretary
    Tempe Adam
    • Gloria
    • Director
      • Anthony Asquith
    • Writers
      • George Bernard Shaw
      • Riccardo Aragno
      • Wolf Mankowitz
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren recorded the novelty song "Goodness Gracious Me!" in order to promote the movie. The song became a big worldwide hit.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Ahmed el Kabir: [sailing across the Thames to his surgery, noticing Epifania attempting suicide] Hello, good day for a swim!

      Epifania Parerga: I am not swimming, I am committing suicide

      Dr. Ahmed el Kabir: Very good

      Epifania Parerga: You don't understand, I'm killing myself

      Dr. Ahmed el Kabir: Well, it is our common destiny, good day

    • Crazy credits
      The end of the film finishes with 'And they lived happily ever after'.
    • Connections
      Featured in Film Preview: Episode #1.3 (1966)

    User reviews34

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    4/10
    A Rather Dull Affair
    The Millionairess reminds me of why people will sit through generally stale movies sometimes instead of just packing it in, the odd glitter or chemistry between two major movie stars who one does not often get to see together. This is a flat uncompelling piece of work about a newly minted heiress (Sophia Loren) who can't find the right man to marry and a devoted Indian physician (Peter Sellers) who has no interest in money- or women.

    Sellers performance is about the only thing that takes this picture above banality; he has so much integrity as an actor that he raises the level of the mostly shoddy material. He has some truly wonderful, charming moments as the doctor who resists the stunning Loren at every turn (the same could not be said off-camera; Sellers wrecked his first marriage over the obsession). Loren, is a good, but not great actress; her appeal lies heavily in her charm and good humor. Here, those qualities are muted by the character she plays: a self-obsessed bombshell who has no real love to give- only money- and doesn't understand why a man of true integrity won't respond to that. But what's wrong with the screenplay is fairly obvious. In the typical Hate At First Sight movie romance, the characters learn and grow to see the virtue of the each other's worth, then fall in love. Here, they don't. Sellers character gives no indication of wearing down, Loren's never stops being exasperating (in one scene, she fakes an illness at 4:30 AM so Sellers will come over to examine her). When they hook up at the end, it's totally implausible and not very satisfying (she fakes committing suicide to draw him to her).

    That said, the movie is not quite boring, the audience may be drawn to the radiance of the stars in spite of itself, but it has no real spark and no drive. The look of it is quite nice, it's expensive without being gaudy. But it doesn't serve the actors very well; even the great Alastair Sim isn't well-used. I suspect watching The Millionairess is something like being super-rich, one gets the feeling of having too much time to kill. 2** out of 4
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    • rcraig62
    • Aug 9, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1960 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Millionärin
    • Filming locations
      • Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Studio, uncredited)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Dimitri De Grunwald Production
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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