A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.
Virgilio Teixeira
- Cayetano - the Bullfighter
- (as Virgilio Texera)
Britt Ekland
- Mrs. Pickett
- (as Britta Ekman)
Jorge Rigaud
- Spanish Police Inspector
- (as George Rigaud)
Barta Barri
- Chern - Lawyer
- (uncredited)
- …
Toni Fuentes
- Prado Museum Guard
- (uncredited)
Yasmin Khan
- Girl
- (uncredited)
Julio Peña
- Señor Elek - Hotel Bourne Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Karl-Heinz Schwerdtfeger
- Police Official
- (uncredited)
Lou Weber
- Prado Museum Guard
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe painting, known as the "Rokeby Venus" is by Velazquez and is his only known nude. It moved to England in 1813 to hang in Rokeby Park, Yorkshire. The painting was purchased by National Art Collections Fund in 1906 for the National Gallery, London. The suffragette Mary Richardson attacked and badly damaged the painting in 1914, but it was restored and returned to display.
- GoofsRight at the start the 'master criminal' says that it takes 32 minutes to the airport and he'll leave at 10 27 in order to get to the airport at 11.00 exactly. For someone who calculates distance and departure times to the minute, he can't do his maths very well.
- Quotes
Jimmy Bourne: [as Eve grabs a drink from a tray and tosses it back] But Eve, that's a *martini*.
Eve Lewis: It *was* a martini.
Featured review
it's not funny
Jimmy Bourne (Rex Harrison) and Eve Lewis (Rita Hayworth) are thieves. It helps that he's the owner of Hotel Bourne. In Madrid, they and forger Jean Marie Calbert are blackmailed by Victor Muñoz into stealing a famous Goya painting, Second of May, showing in the Prado Museum.
Rex is doing nothing other than being cool. The most problematic is that it's trying to be comedic but there's nothing funny here. Director George Marshall started in the silent age and his best work may be behind him by this time. As a heist movie, this could work if it's treated seriously. It doesn't have a driving narrative. It lacks energy. I don't think the scheme is particularly brilliant. The museum is letting them in to paint for some reason. I don't understand how they got in. The bullfighting is interesting on its own but that's some kind of crazy distraction. They may as well rob all the banks in Madrid. This could still work if it doesn't have that screwball music cue trying to declare it funny. It's not funny.
Rex is doing nothing other than being cool. The most problematic is that it's trying to be comedic but there's nothing funny here. Director George Marshall started in the silent age and his best work may be behind him by this time. As a heist movie, this could work if it's treated seriously. It doesn't have a driving narrative. It lacks energy. I don't think the scheme is particularly brilliant. The museum is letting them in to paint for some reason. I don't understand how they got in. The bullfighting is interesting on its own but that's some kind of crazy distraction. They may as well rob all the banks in Madrid. This could still work if it doesn't have that screwball music cue trying to declare it funny. It's not funny.
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- SnoopyStyle
- Jan 19, 2019
Details
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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