The Statue
Comedy
The face was his... the body was his... but suddenly — hello "Charlie"
Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's achievement. Bolt's Italian wife, a renowned artist, sculpts an 18-foot nude of Bolt. In a pique, because he's neglected her for years to do his work, she gives the statue a spectacular phallus, telling Bolt that he wasn't its model. Thinking he's a cuckold, Bolt goes on a jealous search for a man matching the statue. The diplomat, too, wants changes in the statue to protect his conservative image. Can art and love reconcile?
1971-01-27
en
Cast
David Niven as Alex Bolt
Virna Lisi as Rhonda Bolt
Robert Vaughn as Ray Whiteley
Ann Bell as Pat Demarest
John Cleese as Harry
Tim Brooke-Taylor as Hillcrest
Hugh Burden as Sir Geoffrey
Erik Chitty as Mouser
Derek Francis as Sanders
Susan Travers as Mrs. Southwick
Desmond Walter-Ellis as Mr. Southwick
Zoe Sallis as Mrs. Euston
Graham Chapman as News reader
Mario Guizzardi as George French (uncredited)