There's a Girl in My Soup

There's a Girl in My Soup is a 1970 British romantic comedy film based on the stage play of the same name, directed by Roy Boulting and starring Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn. The film was Sellers' last commercial success until Return of the Pink Panther five years later. Plot Robert Danvers is a vain, womanizing and wealthy host of a high-profile television cooking show. He meets Marion, a no-nonsense 19-year-old American hippie who has just broken up with her British rock musician boyfriend Jimmy. After a halting start, they begin an affair, and she accompanies him on a trip to a wine-tasting festival in France, where she embarrasses him by getting extremely drunk, but they enjoy their time together on the coast in the South of France. However, when they return to London, Marion makes up with Jimmy and turns down a desperate proposal of marriage from Danvers. Throughout the film, Danvers' favourite line with women is: "My God, but you're lovely"—which, in the final scene after Marion has gone back to Jimmy and Danvers has made a date with another woman, he says to his own reflection. Cast Peter Sellers as Robert Danvers Goldie Hawn as Marion Tony Britton as Andrew Hunter Nicky Henson as Jimmy Diana Dors as John's wife Judy Campbell as Lady Heather John Comer as John, the porter Gabrielle Drake as Julia Nicola Pagett as Clare Geraldine Sherman as Caroline Thorley Walters as Manager of the Carlton Hotel Ruth Trouncer as Gilly Hunter Françoise Pascal as Paola Christopher Cazenove as Nigel Raf De La Torre as Monsieur Le Guestier Production The film is based on the stage comedy There's a Girl in My Soup, written by Terence Frisby, produced by Michael Codron, directed by Bob Chetwyn and starring Donald Sinden, Barbara Ferris and Jon Pertwee. It ran for six and a half years in the West End, from 1966 to 1973, including three years at the Globe Theatre (now The Gielgud), breaking records to become London's longest-running comedy. This record was later broken by No Sex Please, We're British and then Run for Your Wife.