Bright. Fun. Peter Sellers' part is a lot smaller than you think. Capucine is fabulous. David Niven fun. Claudia Cardinale gorgeous. Robert Wagner is fun too even if he's required to play a sex pest. There's breezy European locations - ski fields, small towns, etc.
It's a film of set pieces: shenanigans in a bedroom with Capucine trying to hide Niven and Wagner from Sellers, a long flirtation between Niven and Capucine (who is too old for her but kind of gets away with it because it's Niven), the finale chase scene with men in gorilla outfits.
Credits and theme tune are deserved classics. Cardinale should've given her jewel back to the people.
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