''Marbella'' is a 1985 comedy-romance 'caper film' set in the Spanish coastal resort of
Marbella
Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the r ...
, starring
Rod Taylor
Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including ''The Time Machine'' (1960), ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961), '' The Birds'' (1963), and ''In ...
and
Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland (; born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress, model and singer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in '' The Double Man'' (1967), ''The Night They Raided ...
.
The movie's soundtrack was primarily penned by prolific Los Angeles songwriter and film score composer Paul Chiten.
Co-starring with Taylor and Ekland were
José Guardiola
José Guardiola Díaz de Rada, (22 October 1930 – 9 April 2012) was a Spanish singer of popular music who sang in Spanish and Catalan.
Guardiola was born in Barcelona. He performed and recorded mostly Spanish versions of foreign songs and re ...
(who plays the gangster villain Patrick) and
Emma Suárez
Emma Suárez Bodelón (born 25 June 1964) is a Spanish actress. She has won twice the Goya Award for Best Actress, namely for her performances in '' The Dog in the Manger'' (1996) and '' Julieta'' (2016).
Biography
Emma Suárez Bodelón was born ...
, with whom Taylor's character, Commander, has a brief romantic fling before losing her to his younger sidekick Mario, played by Óscar Ladoire.
Other actors who appeared in the film include
Sancho Gracia
Félix Ángel Sancho Gracia (27 September 1936 – 8 August 2012) was a Spanish motion picture and television actor.
Biography
Gracia was born and died in Madrid. He started his acting career in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he lived from 1947 u ...
,
Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...
and
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born ...
. They play the roles of Inspector Vargas, Juan and Herman Gomez, respectively.
[Stephen Vagg, ''Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood'', Bear Manor Media, 2010 p 212]
References
External links
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''Marbella''at the Rod Taylor Site
1985 films
English-language Spanish films
1980s English-language films
Films set in Málaga
1980s Spanish films
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