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The Grass is Greener - Movie Review |
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The Grass Is Greener is a 1960 comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and featuring an ensemble cast consisting of screen veterans Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Jean Simmons. Members of British aristocracy, Victor and Hilary Rhyall (Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr), are facing financial troubles and are forced to have guided tours of their House. When an obnoxious oil tycoon Charles Delacro (Robert Mitchum) and an equally grating ex-girlfriend of Rhyall, Hattie Durant (Jean Simmons), visit, a love triangle (or quadrangle) develops and kicks off a tale of love, jealousy and other strong emotions. Hilary's dissatisfaction with her staid life plus verbal sparring with Charles about Anglo-American differences spark a romance between the two, easily perceived by Hilary's husband, Victor. When Hilary goes to London to meet Charles secretly, an old flame of Victor's visits to give him advice on his disintegrating marriage and to perhaps seduce him too. Victor's solution? Invite his wife's lover up for the weekend to engage in some fishing and a duel. Woven together with a wide streak of humour is a wonderful, surprisingly rich and blunt scrutiny of marital troubles and endurance.
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The Grass is Greener - Cast & Crew |
| Directed by: Stanley Donen Produced by: Stanley Donen Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Moray Watson, Robert Mitchum Crew: Christopher Challis, James Ware, Jim Clark, Paul Sheriff Copyright: Public Domain Format: Colour Duration: 105 mins Year: 1960 Tags: 1960, Based On Play, cary grant, Castle, color, Comedy, deborah kerr, film, funny, Humor, Independent Film, james ware, jean simmons, love triangle, Marriage, millionaire, oil tycoon, robert mitchum, Romance, stanley donen |
The Grass is Greener Trivia - Did You Know?The film was adapted by Hugh Williams and Margaret Vyner from the play of the same name which they had written and found success with in London's West End. Cary Grant and director Stanley Donen collaborated on four films together which they made through the Grandon production company they co-owned. This was the third of those four. The film was nominated for 2 Golden Globes and two Golden Laurels. Related FilmsThe Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss | Penny Serenade | Winters End | Happy Go Lovely | Dementia 13 | |
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