Vips, The (1963) UK
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Director:Asquith, Anthony, Rutherford, Margaret, Smith, Maggie, Taylor, Rod
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Writer:Terence Rattigan
Rating:6.2 (1,561 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:012569794801
Awards:Won Oscar, Another 3 wins & 2 nominations
Genre:English films
IMDb:0057634
Duration:1:59:00
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:English
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
LAC code:300007079
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Asquith, Anthony, Rutherford, Margaret, Smith, Maggie, Taylor, Rod  ...  (Director)
Terence Rattigan  ...  (Writer)
 
Elizabeth Taylor  ...  Frances Andros
Richard Burton  ...  Paul Andros
Louis Jourdan  ...  Marc Champselle
Elsa Martinelli  ...  Gloria Gritti
Margaret Rutherford  ...  The Duchess of Brighton
Maggie Smith  ...  Miss Mead
Rod Taylor  ...  Les Mangrum
Orson Welles  ...  Max Buda
Linda Christian  ...  Miriam Marshall
Dennis Price  ...  Cmdr. Millbank
Richard Wattis  ...  Sanders
Ronald Fraser  ...  Joslin
David Frost  ...  Reporter
Robert Coote  ...  John Coburn
Joan Benham  ...  Miss Potter
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Summary: For elite passengers awaiting London-to-U.S. flights, takeoff can't occur soon enough. But then fog rolls in, grounding air traffic. Over the next fateful night, the jet-setters must face problems and not flee them.

First-class stars book passage for romantic melodrama mixed with wry comic flourishes in The V.I.P.s Frances (Elizabeth Taylor) is runing from her neglectful tycoon husband (Richard Burton) into the arms of the suave Marc (Louis Jourdan). Filmmaker Max (Orson Welles) is dodging the taxman. Harried entrepreneur Les (Rod Taylor) is blind to the romantic devotion of his secretary (Maggie Smith). And a dotty dutchess (Margaret Rutherfor won an Oscar, Golden Globe and National Board of Review awards for ther delightful performance) is determined to save her ancestral manor.