The Honey Pot (1967)

6.7	Rating (18 ratings)
7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Starring (View all)

Rex Harrison
Cecil Fox

Susan Hayward
Mrs. Sheridan

Cliff Robertson
William McFly

Capucine
Princess Dominique

Edie Adams
Merle McGill

Maggie Smith
Sarah Watkins

Adolfo Celi
Inspector Rizzi

Herschel Bernardi
Oscar Ludwig

Written by (View all)

Frederick Knott

Ben Jonson
(play Volpone)

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4 years, 6 months ago at Oct 6 15:04

fernando

In the way of Sleuth, inspired by Ben Johnson play and Venice humid decadence, tipifying vulgar american (Hayward), noble french (Capucine) hollywoodesque also vulgar (Edie), witty young miss marpleish british (Maggie Smith); Mankiewicz is wonderful here. Harrison dancing and stopping to explain Maggie all about time and clocks, are more than you can expect

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Description: Inspired by a performance of his favorite play, "Valpone," 20th-century millionaire Cecil Fox devises an intricate plan to trick three of his former mistresses into believing he is dying. Although the women are wealthy in their own right, all have good reason to covet his fortune. To assist him in his scheme, Fox hires William McFly, a gigolo and sometime actor, to act as his secretary/servant. Fox is soon visited at his "deathbed" by the three former mistresses: Merle McGill, a fading Hollywood sex symbol; Princess Dominique, who once took a cruise on Fox's yacht; and Lone Star Crockett, a Texas hypochondria ... (more)

Release date: 29 September 1967

Tags: Comedy (1), Crime (1), 60's (1), 1967 (1), HQ (1), United Artists (1)

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“In the way of Sleuth, inspired by Ben Johnson play and Venice humid decadence, tipifying vulgar american (Hayward), noble french (Capucine) hollywoodesque also vulgar (Edie), witty young miss marpleish british (Maggie Smith); Mankiewicz is wonderful here. Harrison dancing and stopping to explain Maggie all about time and clocks, are more than you can expect” read more

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