Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
George Segal | ... | Steve Blackburn | |
Glenda Jackson | ... | Vickie Allessio | |
Paul Sorvino | ... | Walter Menkes | |
K Callan | ... | Patty Menkes | |
Cec Linder | ... | Wendell Thompson | |
Michael Elwyn | ... | Cecil | |
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Mary Barclay | ... | Martha Thompson |
Nadim Sawalha | ... | Night Hotel Manager | |
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Ian Thompson | ... | Derek |
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Ève Karpf | ... | Miss Ramos (as Eve Karpf) |
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David de Keyser | ... | Doctor Alvarez (as David De Keyser) |
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Gaye Brown | ... | Dora French |
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Carl Oatley | ... | Bell Boy |
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Rebecca De Los Reyes | ... | Rent-A-Car Clerk |
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Felipe Solano | ... | Airline Clerk Malaga |
American Steve Blackburn, in the insurance business, is married with two kids. Vickie Allessio, a self described design "stealer" for a knockoff fashion house, is a recent divorcée with two kids. Steve and Vickie are running into each other more and more in their day to day lives in London before even knowing who the other is, which suits them both fine, as when they do finally officially meet, Steve is up front that he wants to have an affair with her, Steve who has had affairs in the past whenever his wife Gloria, who is from old money, isn't around which is currently the case as she is in the States visiting her parents. Vickie, in turn, is up front that she is amenable to a no-strings affair with him under specific circumstances, namely that it be at least a classy short term affair, meaning no cheap motels, and preferably a weekend away somewhere warm. Able to arrange a business trip to Málaga, Spain, for a week, Steve convinces Vickie to change their agreed weekend to a week and... Written by Huggo
Bittersweet comedy helped immeasurably by the chemistry of the stars and the skill of their performances. Glenda is brash and delicate in equal measure, George bombastic but good natured. While it shows the pitfalls of infidelity it doesn't judge its characters for their choices and actually presents all the relationships, including Glenda's gay assistant's, evenhandedly rather surprising for the 70's. As far as her receiving an Oscar for this performance, she's sprightly and more relaxed than she usually was on screen but I doubt that even she expected to grab the prize for what is a customary solid job but hardly extraordinary.