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Overview
Release Date:
April 1973 (France) morePlot:
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Won Oscar. Another 9 nominations moreUser Comments:
Lots of style, hidden substance moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Maggie Smith | ... | Aunt Augusta Bertram | |
| Alec McCowen | ... | Henry Pulling | |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Zachary nicknamed 'Wordsworth' (as Lou Gossett) | |
| Robert Stephens | ... | Ercole Visconti | |
| Cindy Williams | ... | Tooley | |
| Robert Flemyng | ... | Crowder | |
| José Luis López Vázquez | ... | Achille Dambreuse | |
| Raymond Gérôme | ... | Mario | |
| Daniel Emilfork | ... | Colonel Hakim | |
| Corinne Marchand | ... | Louise | |
| John Hamill | ... | Crowder's Man | |
| David Swift | ... | Police inspector John Sparrow | |
| Bernard Holley | ... | Bobby | |
| Valerie White | ... | Mme Dambreuse | |
| Antonio Pica | ... | Elegant Man |
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Joy Bang auditioned for the role of Tooley by reading for Katharine Hepburn but lost the part when Hepburn left the project. Cybill Shepherd also read for the role but was told by director George Cukor that 'she couldn't play comedy' after the audition. moreQuotes:
Aunt Augusta: Steward! More champagne.Steward: But we're just about to land.
Aunt Augusta: Then you'll have to hurry, won't you?
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Serenade of Love moreFAQ
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Graham Greene's novels can be so subtle as to tend toward the obscure. It's no wonder, then, that "Travels" translated to film tends to meander a bit. Greene himself admitted that he wasn't really sure where Henry and Aunt Augusta were going to land next.
The travels here are of two types -- physical, across Europe, and temporal, as Augusta reminisces. One breaks up the other, while still advancing the plot, such as it is, although at times it seems to disappear.
The chief enjoyments here are the travels of the physical kind -- the varied scenery, the sumptuous architectures, the brilliant photography, the geographically-appropriate costumes.
The acting isn't bad, either. One can but wish they'd had more to work with.