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The Ambassador's Daughter is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Norman Krasna released in USA on 26 july 1956 with Olivia de Havilland

The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)

The Ambassador's Daughter
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Released in USA 26 july 1956
Length 1h43
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating58% 2.9484852.9484852.9484852.9484852.948485

The Ambassador's Daughter is a 1956 romantic comedy film starring Olivia de Havilland and John Forsythe.

Synopsis

When a visiting American senator decides to make Paris off-limits to enlisted military personnel, the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to France decides to show him that American servicemen can be gentlemen by dating one of them without revealing her lofty social status. Sergeant Sullivan takes Joan to colorful nightclub cabarets, and on a comical trip up the Eiffel Tower, all the time believing her to be a Dior fashion model. Thinking she has an emergency back in America, Sullivan offers to buy her an airline ticket, for which she is grateful, until she hears that counterfeit plane tickets are a common scam used by American servicemen to impress girls. Sullivan's friend, the homespun Corporal O'Connor, all the while is a guest of the Ambassador's family and other top brass, and tries to alert Sullivan as to Joan's true identity, but is unable to contact Sulllivan (and is sworn to secrecy). When Sullivan drops into the Dior fashion show one day to look for Joan, the staff have never heard of her, however he sees her observing the show with her father's friend the Senator, whom he mistakenly assumes must be her sugar daddy. On their last dinner date, Joan walks out on Sullivan, when he accidentally spills wine on her and offers to take her to his hotel room, thinking he is dishonorable. Finally, one evening Sullivan and the Ambassador's family, by coincidence, separately attend the same ballet performance of Swan Lake, where during the intermission Sullivan learns her true identity and their misunderstanding is resolved.

Actors

Olivia de Havilland

(Joan Fisk)
John Forsythe

(Sgt. Danny Sullivan)
Myrna Loy

(Mrs. Cartwright)
Adolphe Menjou

(Senator Jonathan Carwright)
Tommy Noonan

(Cpl. Al O'Connor)
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