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User Rating:
6.3/10   1,147 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Terence Rattigan (written by)
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Release Date:
19 September 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
A Modern Love Story
Plot:
Fog delays a group of travelers headed for New York. They wait at the V.I.P. lounge of London Airport, each at a moment of crisis in his or her life. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
User Reviews:
Look for Maggie Smith and Rod Taylor more (33 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Elizabeth Taylor ... Frances Andros

Richard Burton ... Paul Andros
Louis Jourdan ... Marc Champselle
Elsa Martinelli ... Gloria Gritti
Margaret Rutherford ... The Duchess of Brighton

Maggie Smith ... Miss Mead
Rod Taylor ... Les Mangrum

Orson Welles ... Max Buda
Linda Christian ... Miriam Marshall
Dennis Price ... Commander Millbank
Richard Wattis ... Sanders
Ronald Fraser ... Joslin
David Frost ... Himself - Reporter
Robert Coote ... John Coburn
Joan Benham ... Miss Potter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
International Affair (USA) (working title)
International Hotel
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Runtime:
119 min | Argentina:120 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Trivia:
Based on a true story, the movie was a thinly disguised account of screenwriter Terence Rattigan's life friend Vivien Leigh and her attempt to leave her husband Laurence Olivier for Australian actor Peter Finch . Leigh and Finch made it to the London airport, but their plane was delayed by incoming fog giving Olivier time to confront the two and bring Leigh home. Leigh abandoned the plan after hours of fog delay. more
Quotes:
Marc Champselle: "No" is not a word that I recognise.
Frances Andros: You've recognised it for the past three months.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V) more

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39 out of 55 people found the following review useful.
Look for Maggie Smith and Rod Taylor, 13 March 2004
7/10
Author: marcosaguado from Los Angeles, USA

A product! That's what this is. Beautifully wrapped but inside, a potential for heartburn. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor at the height of their popularity then, are hopelessly dated now. But, the Maggie Smith and Rod Taylor story is just great. Moving and funny. Orson Welles in another piece of self indulgence and self parody is priceless and so is the Academy Award winner Margaret Rutherford. Louis Jourdan, poor thing, as a gigolò - still, he spends the entire film, thinking that he'll be able to take Elizabeth Taylor away from Richard Burton - All that makes the film, almost sink. But put up with them to enjoy the rewards of Rod, Maggie, Orson and Margaret dealing with Terence Rattigan's enjoyable dialogue.

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