5 Movies Starring Elke Sommer

The Prize

The Prize

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-12-25

Languages:

English, French, German, Swedish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

TV-PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2973 Reviews)

Director:

Mark Robson

Cast:

Writer:

Ernest Lehman (screenplay)

Irving Wallace (novel)

Fullplot:

For some reason, this year's Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Another laureate is Dr. Max Stratman, the famous German-American physicist who comes to Stockholm for the award ceremony with his young and beautiful niece Emily. The Foreign Department also assigns him an assistant during his stay, Miss Andersson. Craig soon notices that Dr. Stratman is acting strangely. The second time they meet, Dr. Stratman does not even recognize him. Craig begins to investigate.

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-06-23

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (18283 Reviews)

Director:

Blake Edwards

Cast:

Writer:

Blake Edwards (screenplay)

William Peter Blatty (screenplay)

Harry Kurnitz (based upon the stage play by)

Marcel Achard (from the play by)

Fullplot:

When rich M. Ballon's spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first official on the scene. All evidence suggests Maria Gambrelli, the maid, to be the murderer. But Clouseau, being attracted to the beautiful girl, is convinced that she is hiding something. So, he has her released from jail and tries to follow her secretly. Things do not work out the way the inspector wanted and people keep being murdered, and each time innocent Maria seems to be the killer. But with someone important wanting Clouseau and nobody else to cover this case, his tolerance-challenged boss Charles Dreyfuss is close to losing his mind when casualties keep turning up. And Clouseau keeps on causing trouble without knowing it...

The Art of Love

The Art of Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-07-08

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (374 Reviews)

Director:

Norman Jewison

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Alan Simmons (story)

William Sackheim (story)

Carl Reiner

Fullplot:

Painter Paul Sloan feels he's a failure, since nobody will buy his paintings. His art dealer informs him, that the works of an artist become much more wanted and valuable if the artist is dead. Therefore, Paul, together with his friend Casey Barnett, plans to fake his own suicide. However, it starts looking like Casey has murdered Paul and when Casey starts making a move for Paul's fiancèe, he decides to get revenge. However, Paul falls in love with Nikki, who has also tried to commit suicide.

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-06-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (686 Reviews)

Director:

George Marshall

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

George Beck (story)

George Kennett

Albert E. Lewin

Burt Styler

Fullplot:

The Divine D.D., a European actress known more for her bubble bath scenes than for her acting, decides she has had enough with bubble baths and wants to be taken seriously as an actress. So much so that she runs away during the middle of a scene while filming in Hollywood and winds up in Oregon. While she is staying in a hotel, the operator accidentally connects her with a real estate agent named Tom Meade. She asks Tom to bring her some food and when he does he suggests that she go to his cabin in the woods. She also asks him not to tell anyone where she is because she doesn't want to go back to Hollywood. Now Tom must keep the secret, especially from his wife and from his suspicious housekeeper Millie.

The Oscar

The Oscar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-07-08

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (748 Reviews)

Director:

Russell Rouse

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Sale (novel)

Harlan Ellison (screenplay)

Russell Rouse (screenplay)

Clarence Greene (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Frankie Fane has clawed his way to the top of the Hollywood heap. Now, as he's preparing to win his Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly reminisces over their life together, and Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top and the people he's stepped on (i.e., everyone else in the movie) to make it there.

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