The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 British film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce is a 1964 British dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and directed by Anthony Asquith, the trio responsible for The V.I.P.s (1963).
The Yellow Rolls-Royce | |
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Directed by | Anthony Asquith |
Written by | Terence Rattigan |
Produced by | Anatole de Grunwald |
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Cinematography | Jack Hildyard |
Edited by | Frank Clarke |
Music by | Riz Ortolani |
Production company | De Grunwald Productions |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $5.4 million (US)[3] 949,156 admissions (France)[4] |
Apparently adapting an idea from In Those Days, a 1947 German drama by Helmut Käutner that had its US premiere in March 1951,[1] The Yellow Rolls-Royce uses a yellow 1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom II[5] to frame the story of three very different owners: an English aristocrat, a Miami gangster and a wealthy American widow. It is set in the years up to and including the start of World War II.
Prompted by the production team's success with The V.I.P.s, the film boasts a similar all-star cast,[2] including Rex Harrison, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley MacLaine, Omar Sharif, George C. Scott, Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau.
The soundtrack song "Forget Domani" by Riz Ortolani won Best Original Song at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards. Another tune, "Mae", for the Scott-MacLaine-Delon section of the film, was also released in several versions.