The Statue
The Statue
Release: 1971-01-27
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 4.3
Comedy
Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's achievement. Bolt's Italian wife, a renowned artist, sculpts an 18-foot nude of Bolt. In a pique, because he's neglected her for years to do his work, she gives the statue a spectacular phallus, telling Bolt that he wasn't its model. Thinking he's a cuckold, Bolt goes on a jealous search for a man matching the statue. The diplomat, too, wants changes in the statue to protect his conservative image. Can art and love reconcile?
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Josef Shaftel Productions
Cast
Tim Brooke-Taylor
as Hillcrest
Zoe Sallis
as Mrs. Euston
David Niven
as Alex Bolt
Ann Bell
as Pat Demarest
John Cleese
as Harry
Hugh Burden
as Sir Geoffrey
Erik Chitty
as Mouser
Mario Guizzardi
as George French (uncredited)
Virna Lisi
as Rhonda Bolt
Susan Travers
as Mrs. Southwick
Graham Chapman
as News reader
Robert Vaughn
as Ray Whiteley
Derek Francis
as Sanders
Desmond Walter-Ellis
as Mr. Southwick
