Underplayed Gems

The Notorious Landlady (1962)

The Notorious Landlady poster
Directed by
Richard Quine
Genre
mystery film, action comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 59 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An American diplomat in London rents a room from a young woman. He falls for her even though she might have killed her husband.

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What happens

The Notorious Landlady is a 1962 American comedy mystery film directed by Richard Quine from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Blake Edwards, based on the 1956 short story "The Notorious Tenant" by Margery Sharp. It stars Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and Fred Astaire, with Lionel Jeffries and Estelle Winwood. The film follows an American diplomat in London who rents a room from and falls in love with a young woman suspected of murder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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