Darling Lili (1970) [G]

Featuring:
Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp

Written by:
Blake Edwards
William Peter Blatty

Directed by:
Blake Edwards


Release Date:
June 18, 1970

Original Title:
Darling Lili

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance | War

Production Companies:
Geoffrey Productions
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  HU: KN  IE: PG  US: G 

Runtime: 136

She gave away secrets to one side and her heart to the other.

World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace singing rallying patriotic songs. She is also half German and is an undercover German spy, using her feminine wiles to gather information from the high ranking and generally older military officers and diplomats she seduces.

World War I. Lili Smith (Dame Julie Andrews) is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace singing rallying patriotic songs. She is also half German - her real last name being Schmidt - and is an undercover German spy, using her feminine wiles to gather information from the high ranking and generally older military officers and diplomats she seduces. Masquerading as her Swiss uncle, Colonel Kurt Von Ruger (Jeremy Kemp) is not only her German handler, but her lover. Kurt's boss, General Kessler (Carl Duering), doesn't fully trust Lili as she is still half British. That is why it irks him that Kurt has entrusted Lili with the important mission of finding out more about the Allied air defense plans, the air which is becoming a more important battleground of the war. Of the five men who are most privy to such information, Kurt believes the best target is American pilot Major William Larrabee (Rock Hudson), as he is young, single, and a ladies' man. Lili is more than easily able to strike a romantic and sexual relationship with Bill. Lili's mission is threatened when she learns that two French agents believe that Larrabee is passing information to a female German spy. But Lili believes she's also stumbled onto some vital information when she accidentally learns from one of Bill's pilot compatriots, T.C. Carstairs (Lance Percival), of a secret mission code named "Crepe Suzette". Crepe Suzette (Gloria Paul) ends up being a game changer for Lili, not only with her position as a spy, but in her relationship with Bill. The outcome of "Suzette" also threatens both Bill and Lili's lives.

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Rankings and Honors

Darling Lili (1970) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes 40%
Awards Won: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total

Aerial Camera:
Guy Tabary

Assistant Director:
Mickey McCardle

Associate Producer:
Ken Wales

Choreographer:
Hermes Pan

Costume Design:
Donald Brooks
Jack Bear

Director:
Blake Edwards

Director of Photography:
Russell Harlan

Editor:
Peter Zinner

Executive Producer:
Owen Crump

First Assistant Director:
Ariel Levy

Hairstylist:
Lorraine Roberson

Makeup Artist:
Willard Buell
Lynn F. Reynolds
Allan Snyder

Music:
Henry Mancini

Producer:
Blake Edwards

Production Design:
Fernando Carrere

Production Manager:
John R. Coonan

Second Unit Director:
Dick Crockett

Set Decoration:
Reg Allen
Jack Stevens

Sound Recordist:
John R. Carter

Stage Director:
Hermes Pan

Unit Production Manager:
Howard Roessel
Curtis Mick
Fred Lemoine
Jack McEdward

Writer:
Blake Edwards
William Peter Blatty

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