Storyline

Three stories about the lives and loves of those who own a certain yellow Rolls-Royce: **First purchased by Lord Charles Frinton - The Marquess of Frinton (Sir Rex Harrison) for his wife as a belated anniversary present. Lady Eloise Frinton - The Marchioness of Frinton (Jeanne Moreau) finds her own use for the vehicle, one which prompts her husband to sell the car in disgust. **Gangster Paolo Maltese's (George C. Scott's) moll, Mae Jenkins (Shirley MacLaine), thinks the Rolls is a "classy" car in which to tour Paolo's home town in Italy. When Paolo is called away to the U.S. to finish some "business", a bored Mae takes the Rolls-Royce on a spin through the country, enjoying both the sights and handsome Italian photographer Stefano (Alain Delon), who crosses her path. **By the outbreak of World War II, the car has come into the possession of socialite Gerda Millett (Ingrid Bergman). While on her way to visit Yugoslavian royalty, Gerda and the Rolls-Royce become (at first) unwitting and then (eventually) most willing participants in the Yugoslavian fight.—A.L.Beneteau

Plot Keywords

year 1941, chauffeur, trophy, reckless driving, violinist, violin, waiter, hiding under a table, hotel, unfaithfulness, older woman younger man relationship, husband wife relationship, air raid, bombardment, nazi germany, color in title, camera, passport, border crossing, telegram

Short Review

Sumptuous, smooth and stuffed with A-list movie stars, this is nonetheless almost entirely uninteresting. Three forty-minute chapters whose only connection is the eponymous vehicle, filmed in glorious Italian and Slovenian locations - and several very obvious soundstages - it purrs along, never getting out of 2nd gear, and never allowing drama to interfere with the bland comfort blanket of Rattigan's screenplay. Edmund Purdom is awful in the first chapter.

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