Paris When it Sizzles

1964 • 110 minutes
4.5
30 reviews
50%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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Richard Quine directs George Axelrod's acerbic script (adapted from Julien Duvivier's La Fête à Henriette) in this romantic comedy that reunites William Holden and Audrey Hepburn for the first time since 1954's Sabrina. Holden plays Richard Benson, a Hollywood screenwriter being pressured by movie producer Alexander Meyerheimer (Noël Coward) to finish his script entitled "The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower." Meyerheimer gives Richard a two-day ultimatum to complete his work, unaware that Richard has yet to even start on the script. In an effort to get moving on his project, Richard hires a live-in secretary, Gabrielle Simpson (Audrey Hepburn), to help him. Soon enough, the two fall in love and spend the time enacting various scenes from the unwritten screenplay as the time slips away and Richard's deadline looms.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
30 reviews
Vincent Harris
June 13, 2020
This movie made me laugh. I loved the over the top performance of William Holden as the ego driven writer and Audrey Hepburn as the calming elixir in his drink of self indulgence.
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August 10, 2022
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