Vacationing Englishman Oliver Larker stumbles upon a plot to kill a young American tourist in Spain.Vacationing Englishman Oliver Larker stumbles upon a plot to kill a young American tourist in Spain.Vacationing Englishman Oliver Larker stumbles upon a plot to kill a young American tourist in Spain.
Sandra Shahan
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Elizabeth Taylor
- The Woman of Mystery
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- TriviaThis movie was shown in "Smell-O-Vision". The theater was equipped with a system that gave off various odors in sync with this movie. The opening scene involved a butterfly flitting through a rose garden, with accompanying delicious odors. Later on, a barrel of wine fell off of a cart going up a hill, and rolled down the street only to smash at the bottom, again to the accompanying odor. The perfume of The Woman of Mystery (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), i.e. Scent of Mystery, was a key element to the story, and involved in the climax of the mystery.
- GoofsWhen Oliver lands the single engine plane, the prop stops in a nearly vertical position. In the next shot, the prop is in a horizontal position. Since the engine had stopped, the prop could have not moved like that.
- Quotes
Oliver Larker: [narrating] I haven't been away from my flat in 9 years, and 6 mysteries. But, I suppose the creator of a private eye has to get out in public every so often. And I hate to travel - unless it's in the Commonwealth. Otherwise you meet so many foreigners, who don't even speak English. And all those beastly tourists - mostly Americans. They don't speak English either.
- Crazy creditsThere is a credit for the shoe polish brightening the cast's shoes.
- Alternate versionsIn the UK version of Holiday in Spain, Elizabeth Taylor is credited as Liz Rolyat, (Taylor spelled backwards).
- ConnectionsReferenced in What's My Line?: Peter Lorre (2) (1960)
Featured review
Englishman Oliver Larker (Denholm Elliott) is on vacation in Spain. He doesn't speak the language. He hires taxi driver Smiley (Peter Lorre). He thinks that he has stumbled upon a murder attempt on an unknown blonde woman.
This movie apparently came with a few gimmicks. It had Smell-O-Vision system and shown in Cinerama. I just simply watched it on TCM. While it maintained the curved picture, the smells can't be transferred. It's still interesting to see Peter Lorre at the end of his career. It's also interesting to see old Spain. I love the locations and the real people. The best scene may be the running of the bulls and it's nothing more than a traffic jam to the story. It was probably interesting to have the smells. There is a lot of interesting stuff other than the main story. I would also prefer to have less narration. This is better as a travelog.
This movie apparently came with a few gimmicks. It had Smell-O-Vision system and shown in Cinerama. I just simply watched it on TCM. While it maintained the curved picture, the smells can't be transferred. It's still interesting to see Peter Lorre at the end of his career. It's also interesting to see old Spain. I love the locations and the real people. The best scene may be the running of the bulls and it's nothing more than a traffic jam to the story. It was probably interesting to have the smells. There is a lot of interesting stuff other than the main story. I would also prefer to have less narration. This is better as a travelog.
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- Michael Todd, Jr's Holiday in Spain
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- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
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- 2.59 : 1
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