The Millionairess
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Actor: Alastair Sim, Dennis Price, Peter Sellers, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De SicaDVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-06-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber
Movie Reviews of The Millionairess
Movie Review: Great Sophia & Sellers pic
Summary: 5 Stars
Sophia Loren plays the daughter of a multi-millionaire who dies and she then up and marries her tennis instructor because of his "back hand". The instructor, who only married her for money runs off with another woman and Sophia is forced to take a look at herself and determine why, if she had so much more to offer her husband, did he up and choose someone else? She then contemplates suicide and it's upon trying to commit suicide that she meets Peter Sellers. Sellers plays a doctor in England of Indian descent who is devoted to helping the providing and treating the poor.
Sophia wants to build him a clinic with every modern convenience but the poor feel when they go there they're treated like another number. They even have to answer stupid questions like "sex". They feel the doctor should be able to take one good look and know whether they're male or female.
Sophia falls in love with this doctor who is unimpressed by her money and they make a bet ....she gives him $500 Lbs. He gives her 39 shillings.....within 3 months they are to meet again and find out what they did with their money. This seems to be the only way that either of them can determine if the other is actually worthy. I cannot imagine any man turning down a marriage proposal from Sofia Loren. I know I certainly would not. I have read the reviews and discovered that the American print is not good. I have the British version which is a region 2. It is a beautiful print of the film. The film appears to be just made and released. Sophia is absolutely breathtaking and Sellers proves he can be comical or dramatic. This movie has it's humor but also has life lessons within it's plot.
The great Vittorio Di Sica is on hand as a man who is running a sweat shop that makes pasta and within 3 months Sophia converts him into a very rich man. It seems the millionairess learned from her dad how to make money and she has a natural knack for doing that to every one. It's Sellers who is unimpressed about her financial status that drives her desire even more about getting him. It's a wonderful movie. I'm sorry others did not get to enjoy it.
Perhaps motion picture companies should go into their vaults and release oldies like this for people to enjoy a nostalgic time at the movies.
Summary of The Millionairess
A beautiful, spoiled heiress has everything money can buy - except a husband. After a disastrous first marriage, she sets her sights on a dedicated, but poor Indian doctor who saves her from suicide. Interactive Menus, Filmographies, Scene AccessSimilar DVD Movies
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