Lady L (1965)

17% of critics liked it
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Lady L (Sophia Loren) is an 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous adventures in flashback in this light sex comedy. While working as a laundress, Lady L falls for the gambler and anarchist Armand (Paul Newman), who gets mixed up with an inept group trying to assassinate the senile Prince Otto… More Lady L (Sophia Loren) is an 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous adventures in flashback in this light sex comedy. While working as a laundress, Lady L falls for the gambler and anarchist Armand (Paul Newman), who gets mixed up with an inept group trying to assassinate the senile Prince Otto (Peter Ustinov). She ends up marrying the suave aristocrat Dicky (David Niven) in this entertaining but uneven feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.
Directed By: Peter Ustinov
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Dec 17, 1965 Wide
On DVD: Nov 10, 1993

Critic Reviews

Variety Staff, Variety
Experiment of starting and ending this pic with Sophia Loren as an 80-year-old, an alleged aristocrat with a somewhat simpering tedious voice, doesn't come off.
Eliot Fremont-Smith, New York Times
Whatever the causes of the minor disatisfactions inherent in this film, its major rewards are due to Peter Ustinov's sensitive conception and superb direction.
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
An artistic and commercial flop in which both Paul Newman and Sophia Loren are miscast.
, TV Guide's Movie Guide
This is one of those cute little films made by a cute little cadre of actors with nothing much else to do.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A silly, forgettable sex comedy that is a star vehicle for Sophia Loren.
, Time Out
A glossy and very silly period costume piece.

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Received poor critical reviews, but I figured with Sophia Loren & Paul Newman during the '60s there should be SOMEthing worth watching, right? Eh, not so much. Neither seems to be trying very hard, although Loren does light comedy nicely in some scenes with aging makeup to… More
Received poor critical reviews, but I figured with Sophia Loren & Paul Newman during the '60s there should be SOMEthing worth watching, right? Eh, not so much. Neither seems to be trying very hard, although Loren does light comedy nicely in some scenes with aging makeup to appear 80, but that pretty much defeats the eye candy aspect. Slow paced, dully plotted, and quite inconsequential - there's simply no spark to this movie.

Cast

            Sophia Loren as Lady L

            Paul Newman as Armand

            David Niven as Lord Lendale

            Claude Dauphin as Inspector Mercier

            Philippe Noiret as Ambroise Gerome

            Michel Piccoli as Lecoeur

            Marcel Dalio as Sapper

            Cecil Parker as Sir Percy

            Daniel Emilfork as Kobeleff

            Eugene Deckers as Koenigstein

            Tanya Lopert as Agneau

            Catherine Allégret as Pantoufle

            Peter Ustinov as Prince Otto of Bavaria

            Jacques Ciron
            
            Joseph Dassin
            
            Jacques Dufilho as Beala

            Mario Feliciani
            
            Arthur Howard as Butler

            Hella Petri as Madam

            Sacha Pitoëff as Bomb-throwing revolutionary

            Roger Trapp
            
            Jean Wiener as Krajewski

            Jacques Legras
            
            Hazel Hughes
            
            Dorothy Reynolds
            
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Lady L (1965)

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