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The Yellow Rolls-Royce ()

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Anthology movie about three owners of a yellow Rolls-Royce. A British diplomat buys the car for his French wife. A mobster's girlfriend has an affair in Italy. An American woman drives a Yugoslavian partisan
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Gerda Millett
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The Marquess of Frinton
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Mae Jenkins
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The Marchioness of Frinton
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Paolo Maltese
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Davich
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Stefano
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Joey Friedlander
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Hortense Astor
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Fane
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Harnsworth
Lance Percival ...
Assistant Car Salesman
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Norwood
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Lady St. Simeon
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Taylor
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Osborn
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Duchesse d'Angouleme
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Albanian Ambassador (as Gregoire Aslan)
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Bomba
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Ferguson
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Michele
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Mayor
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Head Waiter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lewis Alexander ...
Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
Jack Arrow ...
Bellboy (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley ...
Ascot Racegoer (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Beradi ...
Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth ...
Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
Daniel Brown ...
Partisan (uncredited)
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Duc de d'Angouleme (England) (uncredited)
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(uncredited)
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Woman in Green Gown at Banquet (uncredited)
Harold Coyne ...
Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
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Ascot Usher (uncredited)
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Mickey (uncredited)
Roy Everson ...
Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
Tom Gill ...
(uncredited)
Charles Gilliard ...
Wounded Man (uncredited)
Philippa Hare ...
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
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Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
George Holdcroft ...
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
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Boy in Stately Home (uncredited)
Gerry Judge ...
Bookie (uncredited)
Harold Kasket ...
Italian Garage Owner (uncredited)
Dermot Kelly ...
Marquess of Frinton's Jockey (uncredited)
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Dinner Guest (uncredited)
John Lynn ...
Stevedore (uncredited)
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Italian Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jack Mandeville ...
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Louis Matto ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Mary Maxfield ...
Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
John More ...
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
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American Travel Agent (uncredited)
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Man at Car Sales (uncredited)
Harry Phipps ...
Partisan (uncredited)
Ernie Rice ...
Servant (uncredited)
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Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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Italian waiter (uncredited)
Bunny Seaman ...
Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Philip Stewart ...
Ascot Racegoer (uncredited)
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Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
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Florence Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Oliver Tomlin ...
Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
Joseph Tregonino ...
Italian Restaurant Waiter (uncredited)
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Race Course Official (uncredited)
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Racegoer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Anthony Asquith

Written by

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Terence Rattigan ... (written by)

Produced by

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Anatole de Grunwald ... producer (as Anatole De Grunwald)
Roy Parkinson ... associate producer

Music by

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Riz Ortolani

Cinematography by

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Jack Hildyard ... director of photography

Editing by

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Frank Clarke

Editorial Department

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John Grover ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Chris Kelly ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Irene Howard ... (uncredited)

Set Decoration by

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Pamela Cornell
John Jarvis

Costume Design by

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Anthony Mendleson ... (as A. Mendleson)

Makeup Department

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Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist: Miss MacLaine
Joan Johnstone ... hair stylist
John O'Gorman ... makeup artist
Giorgio Sciommer ... hair stylist: Miss Bergman (as Giorgio)
Tom Smith ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Timothy Burrill ... production manager
Jimmy Komisarjevsky ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kip Gowans ... assistant director
Cliff Castle ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Watts ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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William Kellner ... art director: European sequence
Vincent Korda ... art director: European sequence
Elliot Scott ... art director: English sequence
Terry Ackland-Snow ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Reg Bream ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Maurice Fowler ... assistant art director (uncredited)
John Graysmark ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Terry Knight ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Mickey Lennon ... chargehand dressing prop (uncredited)
Mickey Pugh ... dressing props (uncredited)
Kenneth McCallum Tait ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Ted Tester ... draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Philip Barnikel ... sound editor
J.B. Smith ... dubbing mixer
Cyril Swern ... sound recordist
A.W. Watkins ... recording supervisor

Special Effects by

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Tom Howard ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Douglas Adamsson ... photographer: second unit
Austin Dempster ... camera operator
Gerry Fisher ... camera operator
Chic Anstiss ... focus puller (uncredited)
Wally Fairweather ... focus puller (uncredited)
Dennis Fraser ... grip (uncredited)
Douglas Milsome ... clapper loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Rebecca Breed ... wardrobe supervisor (as Jackie Breed)
Antonio Castillo ... wardrobe: Miss Bergman (as Castillo)
Gene Coffin ... wardrobe executor: Mr. Scott
Edith Head ... wardrobe: Shirley MacLaine

Music Department

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Riz Ortolani ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Pamela Carlton ... continuity

Transportation Department

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Eddie Frewin ... transportation chief (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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George Davis ... production accountant (uncredited)
John Holmes ... dog trainer (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Three stories about the lives and loves of those who own a certain yellow Rolls-Royce: **First purchased by Lord Charles Frinton, the Marquess of Frinton (Sir Rex Harrison) for his wife as a belated anniversary present. Lady Eloise Frinton, the Marchioness of Frinton (Jeanne Moreau) finds her own use for the vehicle, one which prompts her husband to sell the car in disgust. **Gangster Paolo Maltese's (George C. Scott's) moll Mae Jenkins (Shirley MacLaine) thinks the Rolls is a "classy" car in which to tour Paolo's hometown in Italy. When Paolo is called away to the U.S. to finish some "business", a bored Mae takes the Rolls-Royce on a spin through the country, enjoying both the sights and handsome Italian photographer Stefano (Alain Delon), who crosses her path. **By the outbreak of World War II, the car has come into the possession of socialite Gerda Millett (Ingrid Bergman). While on her way to visit Yugoslavian royalty, Gerda and the Rolls-Royce become (at first) unwitting and then (eventually) most willing participants in the Yugoslavian fight. Written by A.L.Beneteau

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Taglines Everything Happens In The Yellow Rolls Royce! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Yellow Rolls Royce (United Kingdom)
  • La Rolls-Royce jaune (France)
  • El Rolls-Royce amarillo (Spain)
  • Rolls Royce-ul galben (Romania)
  • Der gelbe Rolls-Royce (West Germany)
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Runtime
  • 122 min
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Box Office

Budget $3,900,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $10,000,000, 01 Sep 1965

Did You Know?

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Trivia The Rolls-Royce used in this movie was a pale blue 1931 Phantom II Barker Sedanca de Ville, which MGM technicians covered with twenty coats of yellow paint; a few coats of black were added to the top of the hood, the roof, and the wings. See more »
Goofs In the opening titles, the roofs of modern cars can be seen as the camera pans along Hyde Park. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in MGM 40th Anniversary (1964). See more »
Soundtracks Forget Domani See more »
Quotes Albanian Ambassador: My lord! The crisis grows more grave by the hour.
The Marquess of Frinton: Then I suggest, Mr. Ambassador, that we sleep on it. Crises always manage to look better in the morning.
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