Sextette (1978)

Directed by

Ken Hughes

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG

Rating

3.9 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging movie star on her sixth honeymoon gets caught up in romantic mix ups and a spy plot. The film is based on a stage play and features many celebrity cameos.

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What happens

Sextette is a 1978 American musical comedy film directed by Ken Hughes, and starring Mae West in her final film, alongside an ensemble cast including Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper, and Walter Pidgeon. Produced by Daniel Briggs, Robert Sullivan, and Harry Weiss for the production company Briggs and Sullivan, the screenplay was dramatized for the screen by Herbert Baker, from West's final stage performance play of the same title, later renamed Sextet, which West herself had written (based on a story idea by Charlotte Francis) and originally performed in 1961. Costumes were designed by Edith Head. Filmed at Paramount Studios, Sextette was West's final film, as well as that of Pidgeon and Moon. Featured were cameos by Rona Barrett, Regis Philbin, and George Raft, all of whom appeared as themselves. The film was a major box-office bomb, grossing just $50,000 against an estimated budget of $4–8 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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