It's a one joke plot that has dashing David Niven as a movie heartthrob (in gold lemay!) whom teen girls go crazy over, breaking into his house and stealing his socks. He decides to take a trip to get away from it all, having had a nightmare where these groupies attacked him and tore off his head, turning it into a soccer ball. I guess Niven was the Conrad Birdie pre-Beatles and Elvis.
When he fails to get a job in a play, he ends up in Italy in a small village on a remote island, continuing to have the nightmares in which he keeps seeing the same young woman which means of course that she's going to show up in reality at some point. The local government (led by Herbert Lom) wants to utilize his presence to bring tourism to the island for a lottery where the prize is his hand in marriage. Anne Vernon is the beautiful math expert who becomes sort of a protector. Peggy Cummins also stars.
While David Niven was a popular British actor, he hadn't yet established himself as an international star, only having fleeting success in supporting roles in Hollywood. So it's sort of presumptuous for him to be cast in a role like this, even as a joke, although he does have a natural charm that makes the ridiculous premise palatable. Of course, the beautiful locations help too. But after a while, his being chased by young women everywhere he goes gets tiresome, and I anxiously longed for the end.
When he fails to get a job in a play, he ends up in Italy in a small village on a remote island, continuing to have the nightmares in which he keeps seeing the same young woman which means of course that she's going to show up in reality at some point. The local government (led by Herbert Lom) wants to utilize his presence to bring tourism to the island for a lottery where the prize is his hand in marriage. Anne Vernon is the beautiful math expert who becomes sort of a protector. Peggy Cummins also stars.
While David Niven was a popular British actor, he hadn't yet established himself as an international star, only having fleeting success in supporting roles in Hollywood. So it's sort of presumptuous for him to be cast in a role like this, even as a joke, although he does have a natural charm that makes the ridiculous premise palatable. Of course, the beautiful locations help too. But after a while, his being chased by young women everywhere he goes gets tiresome, and I anxiously longed for the end.