You would think that with this cast you would get a much better movie. Instead, the talents of four excellent actors are pretty much wasted in a tepid bedroom farce that is sure to please very few.

Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr play two English nobles who are forced to sell admission tickets to their estate to make ends meet. During one of these tour group visits, Robert Mitchem breaks away from the group and tries to put the moves on Ms. Kerr. And then, the three of them are soon joined by old friend Jean Simmons (not the guy from KISS, though THAT would have made the movie REALLY interesting). The four of them talk a lot about sex and swapping partners but never really get around to doing anything (some would say this is because they are English). Then, everyone goes their merry way and the movie concludes. Quick, get me the No-Doze!

Lord Cary Grant and Lady Deborah Kerr as nobility have fallen on hard times and now they show their fabulous estate off to the tourists for pin money. One of those tourists is American millionaire Robert Mitchum who thinks the best sight he's seen is Kerr. He sweeps her off her feet and her marriage is put in danger.

Cary's not going to take this lying down and Mitchum is invited to the estate for the weekend. Along for the ride is Jean Simmons, a friend of Grant's and Kerr who wouldn't mind getting Cary on the rebound. It's quite a weekend.

Cary Grant and I assume Deborah Kerr's parts according the recent biography of Robert Mitchum were originally intended for Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall. When Kendall died, Harrison dropped out. Cary Grant's part probably would have been better in Harrison's hands. But you can't say that Grant didn't learn a lesson. He was widely quoted as saying after he turned down My Fair Lady that he wouldn't even by a ticket to see the film of Harrison didn't play Henry Higgins.

Simmons does come off the best in this comedy of manners. She's full of wisecracks and is no hypocrite about her life.

You know when you think about it the same premise was used for Sleuth with much more serious overtones. It's sometimes a small margin between comedy and drama.

Not the best work that any of this talented quartet has done.

Victor (Cary Grant) and Hillary Rhyall (Deborah Kerr) are a struggling British earl and wife who needs money for their vast estates. They open it up to tourists. Charles Delacro (Robert Mitchum) is a wealthy oil tycoon visitor who takes a liking to Hillary. They start going off together. Hattie Durant (Jean Simmons) is her talkative best friend. Victor and Hattie schemes up a get together.

The tone is a little too light. It's hard to get into the infidelity seriously. There is a mismatch of style. It would work better if we could somehow laugh at Cary Grant's character. He's mister nice guy and I don't really get the humor in the cheating. It probably would work better as a serious drama, but I just don't know why any of this would be funny.