Panic Button
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
George Sherman
Maurice Chevalier
Eleanor Parker
Jayne Mansfield
Michael Connors
Akim Tamiroff
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Faced with the ruinous prospect of having to pay income tax on $500,000, business executive Frank Pagano decides to invest the money in a project that he believes is doomed to financial ruin: a television pilot film based on the story of Romeo and Juliet. Pagano hires Pandowski, an eccentric disciple of Stanislavski, to direct the film and casts Philippe Fontaine, a faded French actor long forgotten in Hollywood, as Romeo. For the role of Juliet, Pagano hires Angela, a starlet with a voluptuous body but no talent. When the film is finished, Philippe and his ex-wife Louise steal a print and, disguised as nuns, take it to the Venice Film Festival. The film is mistaken for a satire by the festival jury and is awarded the Golden Lion for the best comedy. Fontaine swallows his wounded pride and accepts his new reputation as a comedian. Pagano arrives on the scene and, making the best of the situation, decides to become a film producer.
Director
George Sherman
Cast
Maurice Chevalier
Eleanor Parker
Jayne Mansfield
Michael Connors
Akim Tamiroff
Carlo Croccolo
Vincent Barbi
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed in Rome and Venice.
Miscellaneous Notes
b&w
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