The Pleasure Seekers (1964)

Director:

Jean Negulesco

Writers:

John H. Secondari (novel)
Edith R. Sommer (writer)

Release Date:

March 1965 (Austria)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

They're out to make the most of Madrid... and those hot-blooded Spaniards are willing!

Plot:

Three American lovelies room together in Madrid and all manage to get themselves into seemingly unhappy relationships with fellows.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Remake | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Ann-Margret	...	Fran Hobson
Anthony Franciosa	...	Emilio Lacaye
Carol Lynley	...	Maggie Williams
Gardner McKay	...	Pete Mc Coy
Pamela Tiffin	...	Susie Higgins
André Lawrence	...	Dr. Andres Briones
Gene Tierney	...	Jane Barton
Brian Keith	...	Paul Barton
Vito Scotti	...	Neighbor Man
Isobel Elsom	...	Dona Teresa Lacaya
Maurice Marsac	...	José
Shelby Grant	...	Marian, American Girl
Antonio Gades	...	Flamenco Dancer

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Quotes:

Maggie Williams: Susie, you're so dumb!
Susie Higgins: I know I'm dumb! But it's all I have to work with.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

Soundtrack:

Everything Makes Music When You're in Love

Ann-Margret annihilates the critics!

I so enjoy teasing a friend of mine about his long-time and, let's face it, abject adoration of the Swedish bombshell, Ms. A-M. This one was shown on American Movie Classics recently, "formatted" (Why do they bother?!?), which reduces one's visual pleasure by approximately 50%! But even without a forty-foot wide screen to celebrate her astonishingly talented assets, Annie is something to behold. When she waggles that tush...well, it's no wonder she performs almost all of her musical numbers indoors on studio sets. The censorious Spanish would have had her arrested! It rivals "Viva! Las Vegas" as her finest hour!

As an artifact of times long gone, this is still fairly enjoyable. Today's young ingenues seem like such tired-out, world weary ladies of the evening compared to the virginal Miss Tiffin, the ambitious Miss Lynley and the incomparable Miss Margret. (Eat your heart out, J. Lo!) And with Brian Keith and Gene Tierney on hand to attest that those beyond their thirties could still care for each other (though it takes the scriptwriters until about the final sequence to maneuver them to that realization), one can regretfully observe that we've come a long way from the bright and beautiful early Sixties, and there's not much to crow about on that score.