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Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Writer:
Andrew L. Stone (written by)
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Release Date:
20 December 1965 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
How three beautiful girls love for fun - and murder for profit.
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User Comments:
There's Only One Secret Here … more (9 total)

Cast

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Shirley Jones ... Marigold Marado
Stella Stevens ... Violet Lawson
Honor Blackman ... Lily, Baroness von Lukenberg
James Booth ... Arthur Tate
Lionel Jeffries ... Insp. Hobart / Baron von Lukenberg / The Earl of Aldershot / President Esteda
Richard Vernon ... Lord Hetherby
Amy Dalby ... Mrs. Tate
David Davenport
Peadar Lamb
Ann Lancaster ... Angela Pringle
Martin Benson ... Rex Mansard
Reginald Beckwith ... Gen. Ferdinand Velez
Nicolau Breyner ... Pallazio
Ernest Clark ... Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
Bob Harris
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Runtime:
112 min | USA:99 min (TCM print)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | Finland:K-16
Filming Locations:
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Soundtrack:
Guandurian Anthem more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
There's Only One Secret Here …, 3 April 2006
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Author: Bob-45 from Savannah, GA

…and that's, "How did this inane project ever get greenlighted?" It's a particularly peculiar secret, considering the largely topnotch cast (Shirley Jones, Honor Blackmun, Stella Stevens and Lionel Jeffries) and sensational production values (art direction, costuming, set decoration and special effects) provided by MGM. Why lavish such professional sheen on an inane script, listless direction and a colorless leading man. Sadly, in fact, James Booth deserves most of the blame. He gives such a bland performance, Jones, Blackmun, Stevens and Jeffries are forced to shamelessly overact just to pump some life into the scenes. Given the script, even the best of funnymen couldn't have made much out of "Secret …". However, just imagine how much better it would have been were the leading man Benny Hill.

I have to mention this. Those who only saw Honor Blackmun in "Goldfinger" cannot appreciate how genuinely beautiful she is. Blackmun has never looked better, even when one is distracted by the question, "Is she, or is she not going to fall out of her blouse?" I give "The Secret of My Success" a "4".

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