by Linda Kay
Directed by: Christopher Morahan
Synopsis: This film is a wildly crazy comedic heist film with a healthy smattering of sexual overtones. A man (Marcello Mastroianni) is knocked out at a museum and learns from his ancestors that he is the Grand Duke Nicholas Wladimirovitch Goduno, a descendent of Russian royalty and entitled to the priceless Imperial Jewels so he recruits a group of capable and comely female thieves to pull off the job.
Kitty Cameo: Not only does Nicholas assemble the voluptuous thieves but he sleeps with them all as well. One scene opens outside a home with a longhair ginger and white cat on a wall. The sound of cat screeches is dubbed over the shot.
The cat gets up and moves away, the screeching continuing, as we see one of the women breaking into the house. It turns out Nicholas is sleeping inside and all of the crooks are breaking in to try to have him to themselves. Throughout the scene the cat screeches continue, apparently representing both the carnal nature of the women and the catfight they are about to have over their boss.
Final Mewsings: Even cats don’t tolerate movies with such weak morals and plots.
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