Victor Victoria
- Director: Blake Edwards
- Writer: Blake Edwards; Hans Hoemburg
- Producer: Tony Adams; Blake Edwards
CGiii Comment
Simply...camp fun from start to finish - a flawless piece of entertainment.
The cast excel...but, it is Lesley Ann-Warren who outshines them all.
Edwards' trademarks are all present and perfect - combining the romantic with effective slapstick.
Just sit back and enjoy - possibly the last of the great musicals...of the time.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In 1934 Paris, trained coloratura soprano Victoria Grant, a native Brit, can't get a job as a singer and is having trouble making ends meet. She doesn't even have enough money for the basics of food and shelter. Gay cabaret singer Carole 'Toddy' Todd may befall the same fate as Victoria as he was just fired from his singing gig at a second rate club named Chez Lui. To solve both their problems, Toddy comes up with what he considers an inspired idea: with Toddy as her manager, Victoria, pretending to be a man, get a job singing as a female impersonator. If they pull this scheme off, Toddy vows Victoria, as her male alter ego, will be the toast of Paris and as such be extremely wealthy. That alter ego they decide is Polish Count Victor Grazinski, Toddy's ex-lover who was disowned by his family when they found out he was gay. The Count auditions for the city's leading agent, Andre Cassell, who, impressed, gets him a gig performing in the city's best nightclub.
Cast & Characters
Julie Andrews as Victoria Grant;
James Garner as King Marchand;
Robert Preston as Carole 'Toddy' Todd;
Lesley Ann Warren as Norma Cassady;
Alex Karras as 'Squash' Bernstein;
John Rhys-Davies as Andre Cassell;
Graham Stark as Waiter;
Peter Arne as Labisse;
Herb Tanney as Charles Bovin;
Michael Robbins as Manager of Victoria's hotel;
Norman Chancer as Sal Andratti;
David Gant as Restaurant Manager;
Maria Charles as Madame President;
Malcolm Jamieson as Richard DiNardo;
John Cassady as Juke