A Flea in Her Ear (film)

A Flea in Her Ear
Film poster by Mitchell Hooks
Directed by	Jacques Charon
Screenplay by	John Mortimer
Based on	A Flea in Her Ear 1907 play by Georges Feydeau
Produced by	Fred Kohlmar
Starring	Rex Harrison Rosemary Harris Louis Jourdan Rachel Roberts
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Walter A. Thompson
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date	October 19, 1968 (1968-10-19) (France)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	United States France
Language	English
Budget	$4,950,000[1]

A Flea in Her Ear is a 1968 DeLuxe Color 20th Century Fox American/French^[2] feature Panavision film adaptation of the 1907 play A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau in an adaptation (originally written for the stage) by John Mortimer. It was directed by Jacques Charon and the cast included Rex Harrison, Rosemary Harris, Louis Jourdan, and Rachel Roberts.

Plot

Gabrielle is convinced her attorney husband Victor is seeing another woman because of his inattention to her amorous needs. She sets up a meeting with her husband at a shady hotel, and he is completely unaware that the woman he is going to meet will be his own wife.^[3]

Cast and crew

• Rex Harrison as Victor Chandebisse/Poche
• Rosemary Harris as Gabrielle Chandebisse
• Louis Jourdan as Henri Tournel
• Rachel Roberts as Suzanne de Castillian
• John Williams as Dr. Finache
• Edward Hardwicke as Pierre Chandebisse
• Georges Descrières as Don Carlos de Castilian
• Isla Blair as Antoinette, Charles's Wife
• Frank Thornton as Charles the Butler
• Victor Sen Yung as Oke Saki
• Grégoire Aslan as Max, Hotel Coq d'Or Owner
• Olivier Hussenot as Max's Uncle Louis

Reception

According to Fox records the film required $8,450,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $2,250,000.^[4] In September 1970 the studio announced it had lost $3,736,000 on the film.^[5]

See also

• List of American films of 1968

References

1. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p255
2. John Walker (ed.) Halliwell's Film and Video Guide 2000, London: Harper Collins, 1999, p.293
3. "A Flea in Her Ear (1968) - Jacques Charon | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
4. Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 327. ISBN 9780818404856.
5. Silverman p 260

External links

• A Flea in Her Ear at IMDb
• A Flea in Her Ear at AllMovie
• A Flea in Her Ear at the TCM Movie Database
• A Flea in Her Ear at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films