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
- Lady
- (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
- The Woman of Mystery
- (uncredited)
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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)
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this was the only film ever shot in smell-o-vision
There was a race to get smells into films at this time. It was won by the Walter Reade organisation in late 1959 with a documentary called "Behind The Great Wall", which added smells after the film was completed, in a process called aromarama. "scent of Mystery" was produced by Mike Todd Jr. in 70mm, with the smells to be used as clues to the mystery. It was a lighthearted romp, beautifully shot in Spain, with Elizabeth Taylor as a guest star. It has never been revived, or put out on video.
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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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