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Directed by | Henry Levin |
Written by | R.S. Allen Harvey Bullock |
Produced by | Pandro S. Berman Kathryn Hereford |
Starring | Robert Goulet Nancy Kwan Robert Morse Jill St. John |
Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
Edited by | Rita Roland |
Music by | Walter Scharf |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Honeymoon Hotel is a 1964 American romantic comedy film, directed by Henry Levin for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Robert Goulet, Nancy Kwan, Robert Morse, and Jill St. John. [1]
The movie, which contains four songs, is a sex farce about two male friends who find themselves at a hotel that is supposed to be for honeymooners only. Unusual for its time, the film centers on an interracial romance (involving characters played by Robert Goulet and Nancy Kwan) but the racial difference is never mentioned or even alluded to.
When the wedding of a bridegroom falls apart, he and his best man, a bachelor, use the already booked and paid-for suite in a Caribbean resort dedicated to honeymooning couples.
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Jill St. John is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American Bond girl of the James Bond film franchise, in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever. Additional performances in film include Holiday for Lovers, The Lost World, Tender Is the Night, Come Blow Your Horn, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, Who's Minding the Store?, Honeymoon Hotel, The Liquidator, The Oscar, Tony Rome, Sitting Target and The Concrete Jungle.
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