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Love Is a Ball is a american film of genre Comedy directed by David Swift released in USA on 24 april 1963 with Glenn Ford

Love Is a Ball (1963)

Love is a Ball

Love Is a Ball
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Released in USA 24 april 1963
Length 1h51
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating59% 2.997722.997722.997722.997722.99772

Love Is a Ball is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Glenn Ford and Hope Lange. It is based on the book The Grand Duke and Mr. Pimm by Lindsay Hardy.

Synopsis

Etienne Pimm (Charles Boyer) has an unusual way of making a living: he arranges for impoverished European aristocrats to marry unsuspecting rich women. He is then discreetly compensated for his efforts by the husbands. His latest target is Millicent "Milly" Mehaffey (Hope Lange), newly arrived on the Riviera. Pimm and his assistant Janine (Ulla Jacobsson) begin grooming the penniless Grand Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau (Ricardo Montalban) for Milly, hiring Julian Soames (John Wood) to teach him manners and English. As their target fancies herself a race car driver, Pimm recruits John Lathrop Davis (Glenn Ford), a (retired) champion many times over, to teach Gaspard to drive.

Actors

Glenn Ford

(John Lathrop Davis)
Hope Lange

(Millicent 'Millie' Mehaffey)
Charles Boyer

(M. Etienne Pimm)
Ricardo Montalbán

(Duke Gaspard Ducluzeau)
Telly Savalas

(Dr. Christian Gump (Millie's uncle))
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