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Lady L

Play trailer Poster for Lady L 1965,  1h 47m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 40% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 29% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
40% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 29% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
As she turns 80, stately Lady Lendale (Sophia Loren) submits to an interview by Sir Percy (Cecil Parker) who is working on her biography. Although now a wealthy duchess, she confesses that she had once been a poor laundress, and that the love of her life was an anarchist named Armand (Paul Newman). She ended up marrying Lord Lendale (David Niven), however, because he agreed to save Armand from jail after a politically motivated assassination attempt.

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Variety Staff Variety Jun 17, 2008
Experiment of starting and ending this pic with Sophia Loren as an 80-year-old, an alleged aristocrat with a somewhat simpering tedious voice, doesn't come off. Go to Full Review
Eliot Fremont-Smith New York Times May 9, 2005
4/5
Whatever the causes of the minor disatisfactions inherent in this film, its major rewards are due to Peter Ustinov's sensitive conception and superb direction. Go to Full Review
Isabel Quigly The Spectator Jul 20, 2018
Gary and Ustinov fail to be bogged down by the story's inherent banalities because they are quite outside it and its limitations. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 19, 2009
C
An artistic and commercial flop in which both Paul Newman and Sophia Loren are miscast. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jun 6, 2008
C
A silly, forgettable sex comedy that is a star vehicle for Sophia Loren. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Peter Ustinov

Director

Sophia Loren

Lady Louise Lendale

Paul Newman

Armand Denis

David Niven

Dicky

Cecil Parker

Sir Percy

Claude Dauphin

Inspector Mercier

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Lady L

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Movie Info

Synopsis As she turns 80, stately Lady Lendale (Sophia Loren) submits to an interview by Sir Percy (Cecil Parker) who is working on her biography. Although now a wealthy duchess, she confesses that she had once been a poor laundress, and that the love of her life was an anarchist named Armand (Paul Newman). She ended up marrying Lord Lendale (David Niven), however, because he agreed to save Armand from jail after a politically motivated assassination attempt.
Director
Peter Ustinov
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Screenwriter
Peter Ustinov
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 4, 2017
Runtime
1h 47m
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