Rooms still available
Movie | |
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German title | Rooms still available |
Original title | The Notorious Landlady |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1962 |
length | 123 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
Rod | |
Director | Richard Quine |
script |
Blake Edwards Larry Gelbart |
production |
Fred Kohlmar Richard Quine |
music | George Duning |
camera | Arthur E. Arling |
cut | Charles Nelson |
occupation | |
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Noch Zimmer frei is an American feature film from 1962 with Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon in the leading roles. The crime comedy is based on the story The Notorious Tenant by Margery Sharp .
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When the American embassy employee William Gridley began his service in London , he rented part of the house of the attractive Carly Hardwicke, following a newspaper advertisement. Gridley immediately falls in love with his landlady. Little does he know, as a newcomer, that many people in London believe that Carly killed her missing husband Miles.
After learning of the suspicion against Carly from a Scotland Yard officer , he and his superior, the American Ambassador Ambruster, want to prove Carly's innocence.
When the missing husband unexpectedly appears again, Carly shoots him in a scuffle. Thanks to the testimony of Mrs. Brown, an elderly neighbor from the house across the street, Carly escapes conviction for murder.
Mrs. Brown then tries to blackmail Carly. Further investigation by Gridley and Carly reveals that it was actually another neighbor, Mrs. Dunhill, who made the exonerating observation.
After another murder occurs, Mrs. Dunhill threatens to become the next victim. To save her, everyone rushes to the retirement home in Penzance where Mrs. Dunhill now lives. Mrs. Brown, who murdered the pawnbroker, can be overpowered there and arrested by Scotland Yard.
Reviews
“Smart and fast-paced crime comedy, which is about an alleged spouse murder and a diplomatically undesirable love. The criminal network remains tight and full of tension until the end and is constantly interspersed with ironic moments. "
Web links
- Had rooms available in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rooms still available in cinema
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Still room free . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2009 (PDF; test number: 27 629 DVD).
- ↑ Still rooms available. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .