Even Cary Grant's seemingly bottomless pit of charm can't save his portrayal of a man who breaks off his engagement to Deborah Kerr because her career at the State Department comes first "I want a full-time wife and she wants a part-time husband" and then he rebounds from Kerr by proposing to a Middle Eastern princess who has been trained since birth in the ways of pleasing men. It's not surprising that even Cary Grant had a hard time making this character likable.
Sadly, Deborah Kerr doesn't make out much better as a callous career woman who blatantly ignores her fiance and then is shocked when he gets pissed off. Things get even worse when while teaching the princess about emancipation she herself learns the joy of submission. For the life of me, I have no idea what audience this was written for.
Sadly, Deborah Kerr doesn't make out much better as a callous career woman who blatantly ignores her fiance and then is shocked when he gets pissed off. Things get even worse when while teaching the princess about emancipation she herself learns the joy of submission. For the life of me, I have no idea what audience this was written for.