A very intelligent screenplay provides plenty of innuendo and moments for each of the stars to shine.
All four stars are excellent, extremely likable, and hysterically funny. Soon, the foursome are spending an oh, so civilized weekend at the estate where chaos is sure to ensue. Before you can say "Pip Pip, Cherrio", Kerr has escaped to London for a rendezvous, and Kerr's acerbic friend (Simmons) pays a visit on Grant to help him pick up the pieces and reminisce about their old affair. They briefly spar, but it is very apparent that the very bored Kerr has taken a fancy to the suave American. One of those tourists is American millionaire Mitchum who accidentally opens a door on Deborah Kerr in one of the private rooms and opens a can of worms. Grant and Kerr are a long married couple who live in one of the many country estates that tourists trample through while on vacation in Europe. The four people are Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons, and they are all totally different, if still attractive mature adults. Here, four very well mannered people (three British, one American) misbehave while being oh, so dignified and show that you can resolve marital strife and infidelity without tantrums, fisticuffs or a slapfest between two women. In most of his plays, the sexual exploits of England's upper crust were spoofed and gently ridiculed. It's very appropriate that the song heard over the post-credit and pre-final credit sequence were written by none other than Noel Coward, England's 20th century gift to the theatre. Not the best work that any of this talented quartet has done. It's sometimes a small margin between comedy and drama. You know when you think about it the same premise was used for Sleuth with much more serious overtones.
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She's full of wisecracks and is no hypocrite about her life. Simmons does come off the best in this comedy of manners. He was widely quoted as saying after he turned down My Fair Lady that he wouldn't even by a ticket to see the film of Harrison didn't play Henry Higgins. But you can't say that Grant didn't learn a lesson. Cary Grant's part probably would have been better in Harrison's hands. Cary Grant and I assume Deborah Kerr's parts according the recent biography of Robert Mitchum were originally intended for Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall.
Along for the ride is Jean Simmons, a friend of Grant's and Kerr who wouldn't mind getting Cary on the rebound. Cary's not going to take this lying down and Mitchum is invited to the estate for the weekend. He sweeps her off her feet and her marriage is put in danger. One of those tourists is American millionaire Robert Mitchum who thinks the best sight he's seen is Kerr. Lord Cary Grant and Lady Deborah Kerr as nobility have fallen on hard times and now they show their fabulous estate off to the tourists for pin money.
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