A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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
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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Internet Movie Database | 6.1/10 |
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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
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