Three Bites of the Apple
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alvin Ganzer
David Mccallum
Sylva Koscina
Tammy Grimes
Harvey Korman
Domenico Modugno
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Synopsis
Stanley Thrumm is a mild-mannered Englishman who works as a tour guide for a second-rate travel agency. While conducting a bus trip through the Italian Riviera, he enters a gambling casino to look for one of his drunken American passengers. Forced to pay admission, and handed chips instead of change, he places a bet, wins, bets again, and continues playing until he has parlayed his small wager into 30,000 lire. Unknown to him, he has been closely watched by a beautiful but scheming adventuress, Carla Moretti, who, after hastily arranging a "chance" meeting, agrees to meet him when his tour arrives in Rome. Carla then contacts her gigolo ex-husband, Remo, and awaits her innocent victim. Once there the love-struck Stanley is easily persuaded to invest his money in Switzerland where he won't have to pay any taxes on it. To avoid Italian customs, he hides his winnings in a giant stuffed dog belonging to one of his tourists, a predatory husband-hunter named Miss Sparrow. After crossing the border, Stanley accepts a worthless receipt from Remo in exchange for his money. But he soon learns of the deception and chases Remo onto a ski lift where a wild fight ensues that puts both men into a hospital. Despite his injuries, Stanley continues to beat Remo until he confesses his complicity with Carla. Sick at heart, Stanley returns to his hotel and learns that he has been fired as the result of a letter the jealous Miss Sparrow wrote to his company. All ends well as Carla brings back his money and agrees to return with him to England where he plans to open a small travel agency of his own.
Director
Alvin Ganzer
Cast
David Mccallum
Sylva Koscina
Tammy Grimes
Harvey Korman
Domenico Modugno
Aldo Fabrizi
Avril Angers
Claude Aliotti
Freda Bamford
Arthur Hewlett
Alison Fraser
Cardew Robinson
Ann Lancaster
John Sharp
Maureen Pryor
Eddra Gale
Mirella Maravidi
Riccardo Garrone
Crew
Robert Armbruster
Jonathan Barry
Arrigo Breschi
Mario Castellacci
Harry Fine
Alvin Ganzer
Alvin Ganzer
Amato Garbini
Pino Lancetti (roma)
Eddy Manson
David Mccallum
Franklin Milton
Domenico Modugno
Gabor Pogany
Giuseppe Pollini
Norman Savage
Elliot Scott
Cyril Swern
Orazio Tassara
Paul Francis Webster
George Wells
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Locations filmed in Italy, Switzerland, and England.
