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Bedtime Story

Bedtime Story

  • Status: Released
  • 10-06-1964
  • Runtime: 99 min
  • Score: 6.1
  • Vote count: 48

Benson, is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is content with his game until he meets Jamison, a real operator who poses as an exiled prince and not only gets women to share his bed but also to give him money to help him fund his supposed counter-revolution.

Marlon Brando

Freddy Benson

David Niven

Lawrence Jameson

Shirley Jones

Janet Walker

Dody Goodman

Fanny Eubank

Aram Stephan

Andre

Parley Baer

Col. Williams

Marie Windsor

Mrs. Sutton

Rebecca Sand

Miss Trumble

Francine York

Gina

Susanne Cramer

Anna

Danica D'Hondt

Mrs. Knudson (uncredited)

Barbara Bouchet

German Girl (uncredited)

Albert Carrier

Assistant Manager (uncredited)

Eddie Ness

Tuttle (uncredited)

Rolfe Sedan

Waiter (uncredited)

Bernard Sell

Casino Patron (uncredited)

Stephen Soldi

Casino Patron (uncredited)

John Banner

Burgermeister (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Extra (uncredited)

Jean Del Val

Croupier (uncredited)

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Marlon Brando proves he has quite the comic touch as serial seducer "Benson" who encounters the suave sophisticated David Niven "Jameson" - a man after his own heart - who poses as an exiled Prince on the French Riviera to fleece a wealthier clientele. Together they join forces with considerable success until Shirley Jones ("Janet Walker") arrives on the scene and soon the two men are at loggerheads determined to be "King of the Mountain". Niven is in his element here, and the three gel well on screen with good pace and plenty of witty one-liners as Jones craftily manipulates both men. The production is polished, and although the humour is a little too slapstick at times (never my favourite) this is an enjoyable little comedy that spawned many a successor - none, in my view, as good as this original.