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Yllätyspakkaus

Original title: Surprise Package
  • 19601960
  • K-12K-12
  • 1h 40m
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5.7/10
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Yllätyspakkaus (1960)
Comedy
An American gangster is exiled from the United States for criminal activity and is sent back to the Greek island where he was born. Once on the island, he is watched by a corrupt local polic... Read allAn American gangster is exiled from the United States for criminal activity and is sent back to the Greek island where he was born. Once on the island, he is watched by a corrupt local police chief. Upon meeting an exiled king, he attempts to purchase the king's family jewels for... Read allAn American gangster is exiled from the United States for criminal activity and is sent back to the Greek island where he was born. Once on the island, he is watched by a corrupt local police chief. Upon meeting an exiled king, he attempts to purchase the king's family jewels for a million dollars. However, when he wires for the money to his associates back home, they... Read all
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  • Director
    • Stanley Donen
  • Writers
    • Harry Kurnitz(screenplay)
    • Art Buchwald(based on a book by)
  • Stars
    • Yul Brynner
    • Mitzi Gaynor
    • Noël Coward
  • Director
    • Stanley Donen
  • Writers
    • Harry Kurnitz(screenplay)
    • Art Buchwald(based on a book by)
  • Stars
    • Yul Brynner
    • Mitzi Gaynor
    • Noël Coward
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    • 14User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor in Yllätyspakkaus (1960)
    Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor in Yllätyspakkaus (1960)
    Marie Devereux in Yllätyspakkaus (1960)
    Yul Brynner, Noël Coward, Marie Devereux, Mitzi Gaynor, Claire Gordon, Carol White, and Lisa Page in Yllätyspakkaus (1960)
    Noël Coward and Mitzi Gaynor in Yllätyspakkaus (1960)
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    Yllätyspakkaus (1960)
    Yul Brynner, Noël Coward, and Mitzi Gaynor in Yllätyspakkaus (1960)

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    Yul Brynner
    Yul Brynner
    • Nico March
    Mitzi Gaynor
    Mitzi Gaynor
    • Gabby Rogers
    Noël Coward
    Noël Coward
    • King Pavel II
    • (as Noel Coward)
    Eric Pohlmann
    Eric Pohlmann
    • Chief of Police Stefan Miralis
    George Coulouris
    George Coulouris
    • Dr. Hugo Panzer
    Guy Deghy
    Guy Deghy
    • Tibor Smolny
    Warren Mitchell
    Warren Mitchell
    • Klimatis
    Lyndon Brook
    Lyndon Brook
    • Stavrin
    Alf Dean
    • Igor Trofim
    • (as Man Mountain Dean)
    Michael Balfour
    Michael Balfour
    • Oscar
    • (uncredited)
    Harold Berens
    • Max Schissel
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Carpenter
    • Television News Broadcaster
    • (uncredited)
    Marie Devereux
    • Constancia
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Farrell
    Charles Farrell
    • Nick Jamieson
    • (uncredited)
    Barry Foster
    Barry Foster
    • US Marshal
    • (uncredited)
    Claire Gordon
    Claire Gordon
    • King's Girlfriend
    • (uncredited)
    Danny Green
    Danny Green
    • Nicky Canfield
    • (uncredited)
    Frederick Leister
    Frederick Leister
    • Aide to King Pavel II
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Stanley Donen
    • Writers
      • Harry Kurnitz(screenplay)
      • Art Buchwald(based on a book by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      There is only one scene in the entire film where Yul Brynner is not seen smoking a cigar. The actor died of cancer some 25 years afterwards and attributed his illness to smoking; his last appearance was in an anti-smoking commercial.
    • Quotes

      Tibor Smolny: Money won't make you happy; but you can buy so many tranquilisers, you won't know the difference.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits by Maurice Binder feature a comic animation of the three leads avoiding gangsters and bullets.
    • Soundtracks
      Surprise Package
      Words & Music by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, respectively
      Sung by vocal chorus over credits and performed in duet by Noël Coward & Mitzi Gaynor

    User reviews14

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    7/10
    I love Yul Brynner
    Yul Brynner is very hard to understand in this movie because he talks fast and his accent gets in the way, but he is still eye candy to me nonetheless. He does play a good brat. Not the same sort of brat Rameses was in The Ten Commandments. The brat he plays in this movie is a wealthy gangster who was exiled back to his birth country of Greece. He's not smart by any means, maybe street smart, but he spelled the only correct word in the Scrabble game between he and Gabby. He pouts, he name-calls, he tells people to shut up, he has a tantrum, etc.

    Mitzi Gaynor (Gabby) is a cute girlfriend/sidekick to Yul's gangster character (Nico). Noel Coward's character (King Pavel) bores me to tears.

    Cute movie, but not brilliant by any means. Some funny parts, but could be funnier.
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    • Jul 22, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 1961 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Surprise Package
    • Filming locations
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Stanley Donen Enterprises
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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