Poor David McCallum has too much on his plate as an English guide working with some British tourists on a trip to Italy, finding himself tied to two very complicated women, the trouble making Tammy Grimes and the mysterious Sylvia Koscina who arranges to meet him after she witnesses him winning game after game of roulette in a casino. Grimes is a very grasping, controlling woman who pushes herself on McCallum and becomes infuriated over his involvement with Koscina, causing him no end of misery, but there's all sorts of insinuations that Koscina (who claims to be trying to help him avoid paying taxes on his winnings) is up to something as well.
This film is more notable for its location footage more than the actual plot, but McCallum is quite good as your average Joe, a far cry from his other major rolls, particularly TV's "The Man from U. N. C. L. E." The situation that he's in would make it very difficult for me to ever trust women again, so it does add some intrigue as to why Koscina is so attentive to him. Grimes is an oddball character, an older vixen who shouldn't be allowed to travel without a psychiatric nurse. The cartoon credits feature McCallum singing. In spite of its weird premise, I enjoyed it, although it is not without major flaws.
This film is more notable for its location footage more than the actual plot, but McCallum is quite good as your average Joe, a far cry from his other major rolls, particularly TV's "The Man from U. N. C. L. E." The situation that he's in would make it very difficult for me to ever trust women again, so it does add some intrigue as to why Koscina is so attentive to him. Grimes is an oddball character, an older vixen who shouldn't be allowed to travel without a psychiatric nurse. The cartoon credits feature McCallum singing. In spite of its weird premise, I enjoyed it, although it is not without major flaws.