The Reluctant Debutante

Aug 14, 1958

1h 34m

★ 6.8

MGM presents the Comedy-Romance in luscious COLOR!

Overview

While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Reluctant Debutante Trailers

Cast

Jimmy Broadbent

Rex Harrison

Sheila Broadbent

Kay Kendall

David Parkson

John Saxon

Jane Broadbent

Sandra Dee

Mabel Claremont

Angela Lansbury

David Fenner

Peter Myers

Clarissa Claremont

Diane Clare

Broadbents' Maid (uncredited)

Sheila Raynor

Miss Grey (uncredited)

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Man at the Airport (uncredited)

Henri Guégan

Quaglino Diner (uncredited)

René Aranda

Quaglino Diner (uncredited)

Georges Billy

A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story unfolds. Buenos Aires, 1933: Juana Romero, a seamstress who lives for the music of Gardel, dumps her boyfriend Gustavo for Renzo, a singer who looks like Gardel. She insists that his trio performs Gardel's tangos, which leads to Renzo recording a Ford commercial when Gardel himself is overbooked. The trio, with Joanna in tow, goes on an ill-fated tour of points north. The couple breaks up: she goes home and he tries to get to New York. Fate steps in, and once again he's called upon to pose as Gardel. Then, legend and a bracelet take over. Written by

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