A Flea in Her Ear
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jacques Charon
Rex Harrison
Rosemary Harris
Louis Jourdan
Rachel Roberts
John Williams
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Victor Chandebisse, an elegant barrister in the Paris of 1900, is shocked into impotency on his ninth wedding anniversary when his wife, Gabrielle, tells him that they "now have each other forever." Gabrielle's subsequent suspicions that her husband has been philandering are confirmed when a pair of his suspenders are returned from the Hotel Coq d'Or, a notorious house of assignation. (Actually, the suspenders were left there by Pierre, Victor's libertine nephew-assistant.) In an attempt to trap her husband, Gabrielle permits her childhood friend Suzanne, the wife of an insatiable and jealous South American, Don Carlos de Castilian, to write an anonymous note to Victor asking him to meet her at the hotel. Although intrigued, Victor passes the note on to his friend Henri Tournel, a man considered quite attractive by Gabrielle. When Don Carlos sees the note and recognizes Suzanne's handwriting, he sets out after her, with Victor in pursuit in order to warn Henri. At the hotel, which features an elaborate revolving bed designed to "defeat the forces of morality," all of the concerned parties converge in a welter of mistaken identities, flying bullets, and impending adultery, made only more confusing by Poche, a porter who looks exactly like Victor. Eventually, everyone returns unharmed to the Chandebisse home, where the real identity of Victor and Poche is determined, and Suzanne is reunited with Don Carlos. Victor and Gabrielle return to the Hotel Coq d'Or to become the first wedded couple ever to use the establishment's revolving bed.
Director
Jacques Charon
Cast
Rex Harrison
Rosemary Harris
Louis Jourdan
Rachel Roberts
John Williams
Gregoire Aslan
Edward Hardwicke
Georges Descrières
Isla Blair
Frank Thornton
Victor Sen Yung
Laurence Badie
Dominique Davray
Olivier Hussenot
Estella Blain
Moustache
David Horne
Roger Carel
Crew
Alexandre Of Paris
Maurice Barnathan
Frawley Becker
Joseph De Bretagne
Sammy Cahn
Auguste Capelier
Pierre Charron
Alberto De Rossi
Grazia De Rossi
David Dockendorf
Christian Ferry
Paul Feyder
Noel Howard
Bronislaw Kaper
Bronislaw Kaper
Fred Kohlmar
Fred Kohlmar
Charles Lang
Denise Lemoigne
André Levasseur
Robert Macdonald
John Mortimer
Lionel Newman
Herbert Spencer
Walter Thompson
Henri Tiquet
Alexander Trauner
Marvin Westmore
Walter Wottitz
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
Opened in Paris in November 1968 as La puce à l'oreille. Location scenes filmed in France.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 1968
Released in United States Fall October 1968
