The Millionairess

The Millionairess
original film poster
Directed byAnthony Asquith
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw (play)
Riccardo Aragno
Wolf Mankowitz
Produced byDimitri De Grunwald
Pierre Rouve
StarringSophia Loren
Peter Sellers
Alastair Sim
Dennis Price
Gary Raymond
Vittorio De Sica
CinematographyJack Hildyard
Edited byAnthony Harvey
Music byGeorges Van Parys
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 18 October 1960 (1960-10-18)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.9 million (US/Canada Rentals)

The Millionairess is a 1960 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith, and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers.[1] Set in London, it is a loose adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 1936 play of the same name.

  1. ^ Petzold, Jochen (2016). "Chapter 12: Laughing at Racism or Laughing at Racists? The 'Indian Comedy' of Goodness Gracious Me". In Kamm, Jürgen; Neumann, Birgit (eds.). British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 187–188. ISBN 9781137552952. OCLC 1120464443.