The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)

Directed by

Anthony Asquith

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A yellow Rolls-Royce passes through three owners: an English aristocrat, a Miami gangster, and a wealthy American widow. The car connects their separate stories in the years leading up to World War II.

lightheartedromanticepisodicnostalgicstylishleisurelysophisticatedsentimental

What happens

The Yellow Rolls-Royce is a 1964 British dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and directed by Anthony Asquith, the trio responsible for The V.I.P.s (1963). Apparently adapting an idea from In Those Days, a 1947 German drama by Helmut Käutner that had its US premiere in March 1951, The Yellow Rolls-Royce uses a yellow 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II to frame the story of three very different owners: an English aristocrat, a Miami gangster and a wealthy American widow. It is set in the years up to and including the start of the Second World War. Prompted by the production team's success with The V.I.P.s, the film boasts a similar all-star cast, including Rex Harrison, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley MacLaine, Omar Sharif, George C. Scott, Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau. The soundtrack song "Forget Domani" by Riz Ortolani won Best Original Song at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards. Another tune,"Mae", for the Scott-MacLaine-Delon section of the film, was also released in several versions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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