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United Kingdom · 1963
1h 59m
Director Anthony Asquith
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli
Genre Drama
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Inclement weather has delayed a flight from London's Heathrow Airport to New York City. A cross-section of elite passengers waits to board the plane as they experience various life crises. Among them are a housewife fleeing a loveless marriage; a duchess who has fallen on hard times; and a filmmaker hoping to avoid paying his taxes.
It is rubbish, and whereas Taylor’s playing can sometimes redeem utter nonsense, it doesn’t quite manage it here.
The New York Times by Bosley Crowther
The V.I.P.s is, gratifyingly, a lively, engrossing romantic film cut to the always serviceable pattern of the old multi-character Grand Hotel, and some of the other people in it are even more exciting than the two top stars.
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