The Honey Pot (1967)

movie

(2845)

Country: Italy, USA
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Release: 1967-05-21
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writers: Frederick Knott (1916–2002) , Thomas Sterling , Ben Jonson , Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Language: English | Italian | French | German | Arabic
Stars: Rex Harrison , Susan Hayward , Cliff Robertson , Capucine (I) (1928–1990) , Edie Adams , Maggie Smith , Adolfo Celi , Herschel Bernardi , Massimo Serato , Hugh Manning
Runtime: 150 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Honeypot (United States of America) , Oala de miere (Romania) , Mujeres en Venecia (Spain) , Mr. Fox of Venice (United States of America) , It Comes Up Murder , Wenecka intryga (Poland) , O Perfume do Dinheiro (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Горшок меда , Jak pszczoły do miodu (Poland) , Minä ja kolme leskeäni (Finland) , The Honey Pot (United Kingdom) , Farligt spil i Venedig (Denmark) , Masquerade (Italy) , El jarro de miel (Mexico) , Горщик меду (Ukraine) , Garniec miodu (Poland) , The Honey Pot (Canada) , Rókamese (Hungary) , It Comes Up Murder (United States of America) , Mr. Fox of Venice , The Honey Pot , Farligt spel i Venedig (Sweden) , Dones a Venècia (Spain) , Honningkrukken (Norway) , Joseph L. Mankiewicz' The Honey Pot (United States of America) , Venedig sehen - und erben... , The Honey Pot (United States of America) , Anyone for Venice? (United States of America) , The Tale of the Fox (United States of America) , O kolasmenos tis Venetias (Greece) , Гърненце с мед (Bulgaria) , Charada em Veneza (Brazil) , Rantevou stin Venetia (Greece) , Bal kutusu (Turkey) , Guêpier pour trois abeilles (France, French Republic) , 三人の女性への招待状 (Japan)
Plot: Inspired by a performance of his favorite play, "Volpone," twentieth century millionaire Cecil Fox (Sir Rex Harrison) devises an intricate plan to trick three of his former mistresses into believing he is dying. Although the women are wealthy in their own right, all have good reason to covet his fortune. To assist him in his scheme, Fox hires William McFly (Cliff Robertson), a gigolo and sometime actor, to act as his secretary/servant. Fox is soon visited at his "deathbed" by the three former mistresses: Merle McGill (Edie Adams), a fading Hollywood sex symbol; Princess Dominique (Capucine), who once took a cruise on Fox's yacht; and Mrs. Lone Star Crockett Sheridan (Susan Hayward), a Texas hypochondriac who travels with an enigmatic nurse/companion (Dame Maggie Smith). As Fox and McFly act out the charade, things take an unexpected turn from comical farce to full-blown murder mystery.
IMDB:tt0061780