My Geisha
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- Runtime
- 120 mins
Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...
Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...
Cast
- Shirley MacLaine
- Yves Montand
- Edward G. Robinson
- Robert Cummings
- Yoko Tani
- Tatsuo Saitō
- Tamae Kyokawa
- Ichirô Hayakawa
- Alex Gerry
- Tsugundo Maki
- George Furness
- Tamae Kiyokawa
Director
- Jack Cardiff
Producers
- Steve Parker
Screenwriter
- Norman Krasna