Mentally disturbed spinster Lise (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone to murder her.
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Title: The Driver's Seat (1974)
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| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Lise | |
| Ian Bannen | ... | Bill | |
| Guido Mannari | ... | Carlo | |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Mrs. Helen Fiedke | |
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Luigi Squarzina | ... | Lead Detective |
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Maxence Mailfort | ... | Pierre |
| Andy Warhol | ... | English Lord | |
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Anita Bartolucci | ... | Saleswoman |
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Gino Giuseppe | ... | Police Commissioner (as Gino Giuseppe C.S.C.) |
| Marino Masé | ... | Traffic Policeman | |
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Bedy Moratti | ... | Dress Shop Owner |
| Dino Mele | ... | Police Captain | |
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Alessandro Perrella | ... | Detective (as Alessandro Perrella C.S.C.) |
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Quinto Parmeggiani | ... | Hotel Waiter |
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Nadia Scarpitta | ... | Elderly Lady at airport (as Nadia Scarpitta Pernice) |
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Lise (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), a mentally unbalanced middle-aged woman travels toward a fatal destiny that she had helped to arrange, as if her own extinction will bring a meaningful existence to its wished-for end - a premeditated search for someone, anyone, with whom she could form a dangerous liaison. Written by alfiehitchie
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Traffic Policeman: [in Italian] Turn left and then keep straight.
Lise: [in Italian] Thank you. Ah, do you carry a revolver?
Traffic Policeman: No.
Lise: [in Italian] Because if you did, you could shoot me.
[she drives off]
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Paramount Pictures first announced this in 1970, with Herbert Ross directing from a Frederic Raphael script. See more »Quotes
Lise: [in Italian; subtitled] Eh, excuse me, which way is it to the Hilton, please?Traffic Policeman: [in Italian] Turn left and then keep straight.
Lise: [in Italian] Thank you. Ah, do you carry a revolver?
Traffic Policeman: No.
Lise: [in Italian] Because if you did, you could shoot me.
[she drives off]
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Elizabeth Taylor stars as a beautiful, but disturbed woman who arrives in Rome to find a lover who will agree to murder her. Based on the novel by Muriel Spark, THE DRIVER'S SEAT is generally considered to be Taylor's all-time worst film, but I disagree, and not just because I'm a huge Elizabeth Taylor fan(which I am), but because this film really has something to say about the hypocrisy, corruption, and violence that exists in our society today. I'm not saying that it isn't exploitative or played for the sensational, because it is and it bites off a little bit more than it can chew, but this movie has some depth and meaning. Taylor really works at her role, and as usual she pulls it off. It's not great, classic cinema, but you could do much worse.