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The Notorious Landlady is a 1962
1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....
 comedy/mystery American film starring Kim Novak
Kim Novak

Kim Novak is an United States actor who was one of her nation's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo ....
, Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon

'John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III' was an United States actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses , Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple , The Out-of-Towners , Glengarry Glen Ross , The China Syndrome and JFK ....
, and Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was an United States Academy Award-winning film and Broadway theatre dance, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films....
.

American diplomat William Gridley (Lemmon) arrives in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's (Novak) house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people think she killed her husband, as he has disappeared, but without a body, the police can do nothing.

Gridley's boss, the American ambassador (Astaire), learns about it and doesn't take this "lapse of judgment" lightly.






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The Notorious Landlady is a 1962
1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....
 comedy/mystery American film starring Kim Novak
Kim Novak

Kim Novak is an United States actor who was one of her nation's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo ....
, Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon

'John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III' was an United States actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses , Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple , The Out-of-Towners , Glengarry Glen Ross , The China Syndrome and JFK ....
, and Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was an United States Academy Award-winning film and Broadway theatre dance, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films....
.

Plot

When American diplomat William Gridley (Lemmon) arrives in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's (Novak) house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people think she killed her husband, as he has disappeared, but without a body, the police can do nothing.

Gridley's boss, the American ambassador (Astaire), learns about it and doesn't take this "lapse of judgment" lightly. Since Carly is also American, Gridley saves his job by introducing her to the ambassador, who is promptly smitten and promises to help her. When a Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for law enforcement within Greater London, excluding the City of London, which is covered by the City of London Police....
 detective arrives, wanting to get to the truth one way or another, they say they'll help him.

Cast

  • Kim Novak
    Kim Novak

    Kim Novak is an United States actor who was one of her nation's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo ....
     as Carlyle Hardwicke
  • Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon

    'John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III' was an United States actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses , Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple , The Out-of-Towners , Glengarry Glen Ross , The China Syndrome and JFK ....
     as William Gridley
  • Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire

    Fred Astaire was an United States Academy Award-winning film and Broadway theatre dance, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films....
     as Franklyn Ambruster
  • Lionel Jeffries
    Lionel Jeffries

    Lionel Charles Jeffries is a United Kingdom actor, screenwriter and film director....
     as Inspector Oliphant
  • Estelle Winwood
    Estelle Winwood

    Estelle Winwood was an England stage and film actor who moved to United States in mid-career and became celebrated for her longevity....
     as Mrs Dunhill
  • Maxwell Reed
    Maxwell Reed

    Maxwell Reed was an Irish-born 1950s matinee idol with the Rank Organisation in UK. He became the first husband of the young British starlet Joan Collins in the 1950s....
     as Miles Hardwicke
  • Philippa Bevans as Mrs Brown
  • Henry Daniell
    Henry Daniell

    Henry Daniell was an England actor, best known for his villainous screen roles, but who had a long and prestigious career on stage as well as in films....
     as the Stranger


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