The Notorious Landlady (1962)
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Synopsis of The Notorious Landlady
This uneven farce by director Richard Quine has its hilarious and witty moments as American diplomat William Gridley (Jack Lemmon) inadvertently gets caught up in a jewel theft and mayhem. After William lands in London to take up his new position and get settled in his new digs, he becomes involved with his gorgeous landlady Carlye Hardwicke (Kim Novak). Carlye's husband is missing, and she is suspected of doing him in. But then he unexpectedly comes back home where an argument with Carlye over some jewels makes him as dead as everyone had assumed -- with her wielding the murder weapon. Carlye is eventually acquitted thanks to a witness who has designs on the jewels herself -- but the story is far from over. First there is an exciting helicopter ride and a wild chase to decide just who will end up with the loot. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Notorious Landlady
- Kim Novak - Carlyle Hardwicke
- Fred Astaire - Franklyn Ambruster
- Estelle Winwood - Mrs. Dunhill
- Philippa Bevans - Mrs. Brown
- Ronald Long - Coroner
- Dick Crockett - Carstairs
- Jack Livesey - Counsel
- Alex Finlayson
- Bryan Herbert - Husband
- Milton Parsons - Mysterious Man
- Joe Palma - Reporter
- Eric Micklewood - Man with a Hangover
- David Hilary Hughes
- Nelson Welch - Old Man
- Mary Scott - Waitress
- Thomas P. Dillon - Coroner's Officer
- Barry Bernard - Attendant
- Cicely Walper
- Tom Symonds - Alf
- Betty Fairfax - Woman in Bathrobe
- Richard Peel - Dillings
- Clive Morgan - Man in Smoking Jacket
- Harold Innocent - Young Escort
- Queenie Leonard - Woman
- Jack Lemmon - William Gridley
- Lionel Jeffries - Inspector Oliphant
- Maxwell Reed - Miles Hardwicke
- Henry Daniell - Stranger
- Doris Lloyd - Lady Fallott
- Scott Davey - Henry
- Cecil Weston - Woman
- Jackson Halliday
- Ottola Nesmith - Flower Lady
- George Pelling - Ticket Agent
- Brian Gaffikin - BBC anchorman
- Michael St. Clair - Fire Chief
- Frederic Worlock - Elderly Colonel
- Gwendolyn Watts - Wife
- Anthony Eustrel - Man
- Laurence Conroy - Clerk
- Marjorie Bennett - Autograph Seeker
- Towyna Thomas - Dowager
- Mavis Neal
- Ross Brown - Boy
- Tudor Owen - Farmer
- James Logan - Bobby
- John Uhler Lemmon II - Old Man in Wheelchair
- Director(s):
- Richard Quine
- Writer(s):
- Blake Edwards, Larry Gelbart
- Producer(s):
- Fred Kohlmar
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