ComedyRomance

The Millionairess

When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients.

Release Date : 1960-10-18

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Dimitri De Grunwald Production

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Epifania Parerga

Original Name : Sophia Loren

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Kabir

Original Name : Peter Sellers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Vittorio De Sica

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sagamore

Original Name : Alastair Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adrian

Original Name : Dennis Price

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alastair

Original Name : Gary Raymond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Joe

Original Name : Miriam Karlin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Professor Merton

Original Name : Noel Purcell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Polly Smith

Original Name : Virginia Vernon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Willoughby

Original Name : Eleanor Summerfield

Gender : Female

Character Name : Muriel Pilkington

Original Name : Pauline Jameson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fish Curer

Original Name : Alfie Bass

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butler

Original Name : Graham Stark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Diana Coupland

Gender : Female

Character Name : President

Original Name : Willoughby Goddard

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Secretary

Original Name : Basil Hoskins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Secretary

Original Name : Gordon Sterne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gloria

Original Name : Tempe Adam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Whelk Seller

Original Name : Wally Patch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corelli

Original Name : Charles Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : 3rd Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Derek Nimmo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Sallis

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-02-12

I always struggled with Peter Sellers' brand of humour and combined with an over-the-top effort from Sophia Loren here, I will admit to squirming just a bit too often for comfort. She is the eponymous millionairess who can only marry if she meets very strict conditions set by her late father - else she loses everything. She is, however, attracted to Sellers' Delhi-born, scholarly and frankly unlikely "Dr. Kabir" whom it's safe to say, doesn't quite meet the criteria. He promised his mother that he would only marry a woman of modest means who can live, without complaint, on a mere 35 shillings for three months and she must marry a man who can turn the sum of £500 into £15,000 in the same time period. Impossible? Give up? Yes please, but no - we must persevere as the increasingly contrived humour struggles along for another hour that is as devoid of charm as it is of sophistication. Sellers has no charisma here and though Loren tries hard and looks the part, there isn't really any chemistry on display as the story sort of lurches from one unlikely scenario to another. The supporting cast - Alastair Sim and Dennis Price amongst them, are rarely on screen long enough to elevate this from a rather colourful and quickly paced farce that I couldn't really engage with. Time hasn't been especially kind to it - but I am not sure it was really any good in the first place.