👓𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 * 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 * 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 * 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧👓 During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair. British industrialist Sir William Rutland (Cary Grant), "Bill" to his friends, is in Tokyo, Japan on a business trip during the time of the Summer Olympic Games there in 1964. Having arrived in Tokyo two days before his original planned arrival, he has problems finding a hotel room because of the Olympics. Spotting an ad posted on a British Embassy message board of a room available to sublet, Bill is able to wrangle his way into the apartment of Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar), who is renting out the sitting room of her one-bedroom apartment as a bedroom for the duration of the Olympics. Bill's short-term living situation in Christine's sitting room is despite her solely wanting a female roommate. Soon thereafter, Bill meets Steve Davis (Jim Hutton), an athlete with the American Olympic team who seems to be reluctant to disclose in which event he is competing. Like Bill, Steve has arrived in Tokyo two days early of his scheduled arrival, has nowhere to stay for those two days, and without Christine's knowledge also wrangles his way into Christine's flat to share her sitting room with Bill as Bill sublets half of the sitting room to Steve. Christine is reluctant to tell anyone of her new roommates because of the perceived impropriety. Those not in the know include her fiancé of twenty-two months, Julius D. Haversack (Sir John Standing), the Second Secretary to the Minister of Protocol at the British Embassy. Bill, who has met Mr. Haversack, considers him to be officious and obnoxious. Despite Christine being in a relationship with Mr. Haversack, she and Steve gradually fall for each other. Seeing what is happening between Christine and Steve, Bill does whatever he can to push the two together and to get Mr. Haversack out of the way. When the truth comes out about the roommate situation, Bill sees a different opportunity for Christine and Steve's joint happiness.
Movie Trivia
Cary Grant (Sir William Rutland) retired from acting after this movie because, at sixty-one, he had become too old to play the romantic lead. Grant, furthermore, did not think his fans would want to see him playing supporting roles.
When Haversack is recounting his life story to Sir William in the hotel, two Victorian photographs can be seen on the desk. The portraits are of Elias and Elsie Leach who were Cary Grant's parents.
In some scenes, Cary Grant whistles the theme music from Charade (1963) and An Affair to Remember (1957), two of his previous movies.
If you have watched this movie, what would your rating be on a scale of 1 to 10? My reviews will be based upon 1 to 10. With 1 being the lowest and 10 being the best. This movie has a rating of 9.1 out of 10.
Here is my movie playlist channel:
https://ok.ru/video/c11741992 Whenever I get 25-30 movies of a certain category such as comedy or war or action movies I create a playlist for those. In each description section you will find the title & link to the movie. About 30+ movie titles/links per playlist. By New Years 2024 I will have over 𝟮,𝟮𝟬𝟬+ movies/TV shows on my channel. I add 30 to 40 movies to my channel each week.
On 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮'𝙨 each week I upload episodes of the TV shows that I have. Currently I have (𝟳) different TV series that I upload. I have several other TV series that I will add as I complete one of the below TV series. Each time that I complete uploading a year of each series I will create a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 for that year. On 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮'𝙨 I will add (1 to 3) movies that evening is possible. The other six days I will try to upload (4 to 7) movies each day. Once I get around 30 movies of a category "Military, Western, etc" I will do a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀. You will find the title & link to each movie or TV show episodes in the description section when I upload a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁.
The TV series that I have going right now are:
The Silent Service 1957-1958. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱.
Combat 1962-1967. I am uploading the 2nd year.
McHale's Navy 1962 - 1966. I am uploading the 2nd year.
Twelve O'clock High 1964 - 1967. I am uploading the 2nd year.
The Rat Patrol 1966 - 1968. I am uploading the 2nd year.
The Untouchables 1959 – 1963. I am uploading the 1st season.
Tombstone Territory 1957 – 1960. I am uploading the 1st season.
Babylon 1993 - 1998 I am uploading the 2nd year.