Benson is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is content with this game until he meets Jamison, a real operator who poses as an exiled prince and not only gets women to share his bed but also to give him money to help him fund his supposed counter-revolution.
Freddy Benson
Lawrence Jameson
Janet Walker
Fanny Eubank
Andre
Col. Williams
Mrs. Sutton
Miss Trumble
Miss Harrington
Sattler
Dubin
Anna
Frieda
Hilda
Gina
Mrs. Knudson (uncredited)
German Girl (uncredited)
Assistant Manager (uncredited)
Tuttle (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
CinemaSerf2 Dec 2024
7/10 Marlon Brando proves he has quite the comic touch as serial seducer "Benson" who encounters the suave sophisticated David Niven "Jameson" - a man after his own heart - who poses as an exiled Prince on the French Riviera to fleece a wealthier clientele. Together they join forces with considerable success until Shirley Jones ("Janet Walker") arrives on the scene and soon the two men are at loggerheads determined to be "King of the Mountain". Niven is in his element here, and the three gel well on screen with good pace and plenty of witty one-liners as Jones craftily manipulates both men. The production is polished, and although the humour is a little too slapstick at times (never my favourite) this is an enjoyable little comedy that spawned many a successor - none, in my view, as good as this original.
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Director
Ralph Levy
Top cast
Marlon Brando·David Niven·Shirley Jones·Dody Goodman·Aram Stephan·Parley Baer·Marie Windsor·Rebecca Sand