''A Flea in Her Ear'' is a 1968 DeLuxe Color

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American/French feature Panavision film adaptation of the 1907 play '' A Flea in Her Ear'' by Georges Feydeau in an adaptation (originally written for the stage) by

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. It was directed by Jacques Charon and the cast included

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, Rosemary Harris,

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, and Rachel Roberts.

Plot summary

Gabrielle ( Rosemary Harris) is convinced her attorney husband Victor (

) is seeing another woman because of his inattention to her amorous needs. She sets up a meeting with her husband at a shady hotel, and he is completely unaware that the woman he is going to meet will be his own wife.

Cast and crew

as Victor Chandebisse/Poche * Rosemary Harris as Gabrielle Chandebisse *

as Henri Tournel * Rachel Roberts as Suzanne de Castillian *

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as Dr. Finache *

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as Pierre Chandebisse * Georges Descrières as Don Carlos de Castilian * Isla Blair as Antoinette, Charles's Wife * Frank Thornton as Charles the Butler * Victor Sen Yung as Oke Saki *

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as Max, Hotel Coq d'Or Owner *

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as Max's Uncle Louis

Reception

According to Fox records the film required $8,450,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $2,250,000. In September 1970 the studio announced it had lost $3,736,000 on the film.Silverman p 260

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* * * * 1968 films American comedy films American films based on plays Films based on works by Georges Feydeau Films scored by Bronisław Kaper Films set in the 1900s Films set in Paris French comedy films English-language French films 1968 comedy films 1968 directorial debut films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films 1960s French films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub

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