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Movie
Darling Lili
Synopsis
Julie Andrews made a bid to change her squeaky clean image with this elaborately mounted World War I musical. Lili Smith (Andrews) is a popular British music hall singer who is regarded as a femme fatale and has been known to throw a bit of striptease into her act. However, Lili has a secret: she's actually a German spy, and the uncle she dotes upon is really Von Ruger (Jeremy Kemp), a fellow espionage agent and her contact for the Huns. In hopes of gaining valuable information, Lili begins using her feminine wiles on Maj. William Larrabee (Rock Hudson), a top American pilot. However, Lili soon discovers that she's falling in love with Larrabee and can't find the courage to betray him; Larrabee discovers Lili's secret, but he refuses to turn her in. Darling Lili was a notorious box-office disappointment, grossing a mere $5 million on a budget that rose to $25 million due to a variety of production mishaps. Director Blake Edwards (Andrews' husband) was stung by the poor reception, and he later trimmed the 136-minute film to 114 minutes, downplaying its comic elements in favor of a more serious tone.
Cast
- Julie Andrews
- Rock Hudson
- Jeremy Kemp
- Lance Percival
- Jacques Marin
- Mike Witney
- Michael Witney
- Andre Maranne
- Bernard Kay
- Doreen Keogh
- Gloria Paul
- Carl Duering
- Vernon Dobtcheff
- Arhtur Gould-Porter
- Louis Mercier
- Laurie Main
- Ingo Mogendorf
- James Lanphier
- Niall MacGinnis
- Mimi Monti
- Arthur Gould-Porter
- Rex Wimpy
- Russell Harlan
- Willard Buell
- Allan Snyder
- Peter Zinner
- Guy Tabary
- Anthony Squire
- Linwood Dunn
- Owen Crump
- William Peter Blatty
- Donald Brooks
- Jack Bear
- Lynn Reynolds
- Bob Peterson
- Jack Stephens
- Blake Edwards
- Ken Wales
- Fernando Carrere
- Reg Allen
- Hermes Pan