The Notorious Landlady

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Directed by

Richard Quine

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Kim Novak
Mrs. Carlyle 'Carly' Hardwicke

Jack Lemmon
William 'Bill' Gridley

Fred Astaire
Franklyn Ambruster

Lionel Jeffries
Inspector Oliphant

Estelle Winwood
Mrs. Dunhill

Maxwell Reed
Miles Hardwicke

Philippa Bevans
Mrs. Agatha Brown

Henry Daniell
Stranger

Written by

Larry Gelbart
(screenplay) and

Blake Edwards
(screenplay)

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The Notorious Landlady

7 years, 7 months ago at Sep 12 3:50

JxSxPx

The pedigree is strong with The Notorious Landlady, but the final product doesn’t add up to much of anything. The pacing is lacking, the production values are strangely muted, and the star power is either miscast or gone to waste. Director Richard Quine’s 1950s comedy output was never lacking in energy or imagination, with Operation Mad Ball and Bell Book and Candle being prime examples o... read more

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When her husband disappears, Carly Hardwicke (Kim Novak) finds it impossible to rent a room in her London apartment, since everyone assumes she's a murderer. Recently arrived American diplomat William Gridley (Jack Lemmon), however, has no idea about her reputation. Sparks fly between the pair, and Gridley rents the room. When his boss, Franklyn Ambruster (Fred Astaire), learns what Gridley has blundered into, he reproves him until he meets the lovely Carly. The two men try to clear her name.

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The Notorious Landlady

“The pedigree is strong with The Notorious Landlady, but the final product doesn’t add up to much of anything. The pacing is lacking, the production values are strangely muted, and the star power is either miscast or gone to waste. Director Richard Quine’s 1950s comedy output was never lacking in energy or imagination, with Operation Mad Ball and Bell Book and Candle being prime examples of his best work of the period. But the moment the 60s hit, something went off with his work. The Notorious Landlady is symptomatic of his later work, pacing issues abound, emphasis is placed in weird spots of the narrative and development, and the performances are just routine. I wonder if Blake Edwards taking the directing chores would have produced something better. His Pink Panther films c” read more