Stars: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Summary: A Russian countess, who has been forced into the world of prostitution, stows away in a wealthy American's stateroom in an attempt to blackmail her way into America.

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Charlie Chaplin's last film is the cinematic equivalent of Willie Mays staying too long in baseball--a sad farewell from someone who has clearly lost his touch. Marlon Brando (who famously did not get along with Chaplin and initiated, with this film, his curious habit of undermining his directors' best intentions) plays an American millionaire leaving Hong Kong to assume an ambassadorship. He discovers Sophia Loren--playing a daughter of Russian aristocrats and a former gangster moll--concealed in his closet onboard the outbound ship, hoping to gain passage to the States. Brando, looking none too pleased, agrees to help her, with not terribly comic or romantic results. Chaplin's one modestly clever touch is to have the camera rock gently and slowly back and forth, ostensibly emulating the movement of the luxury liner. The humour falls flat, Brando and Loren have no chemistry, and the story isn't terribly engaging. The former Little Tramp appears, mercifully briefly, as a seasick steward who opens and closes a door, swooning in between. Appropriately enough, in silence. --David Kronke

Aspect Ratio:	1.33 Full Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1967
Release Date:	March 7, 2005
Runtime:	103 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	823 117 5
Keywords:	Comedy, Kong, General, Countess, From, Hong
Genre:	Comedy