There is a new yellow Rolls-Royce Phantom in the window of a London dealership. British aristocrat Marquess of Frinton (Rex Harrison) impulsively buys it for his wife (Jeanne Moreau) as her birthday present. Lord Frinton is the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. After an unhappy discovery, the car ends up in Genoa, Italy. Mob boss Paolo Maltese (George C. Scott) buys it for his combative girlfriend Mae Jenkins (Shirley MacLaine). It's 1941 on the Yugosalv border. The car is now worn and dusty. Wealthy American widow Gerda Millett (Ingrid Bergman) buys it to meet the new Yugosalvian King although she is warned that the Nazis are about to invade. Davich (Omar Shaif) offers to guide her, but she doesn't know that he's an anti-royalist.
The three stories are only connected by the car. I wish the characters are more thematically similar. The first and third stories start out with similar characters. The second story could be seen that way, but it's not the same. These are great actors and they are chewing up these roles. As with this type of movies, there are lots of ups and downs. It can be disjointed. I find the third story the most compelling.
The three stories are only connected by the car. I wish the characters are more thematically similar. The first and third stories start out with similar characters. The second story could be seen that way, but it's not the same. These are great actors and they are chewing up these roles. As with this type of movies, there are lots of ups and downs. It can be disjointed. I find the third story the most compelling.