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Plot

Rene Clair's Grand Maneuver was originally titled Les Grandes Manoeuvres, which should surprise no one. Gerard Phillipe plays a dashing dragoons officer, vintage 1913, who wagers his friends that he can make the next woman who enters the room fall in love with him. In strides drop-dead gorgeous Michele Morgan, and the rest writes itself. Phillipe plans a slow seduction and a quick goodbye; Morgan, need we say, is no "goodbye girl." For all its lavish sets and meticulously detailed period costumers, Grand Maneuver is at base the old American farce Sailor Beware with a French accent.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama,Romance
Run Time:
104min.
Director(s):
Themes:
Unrequited Love
Tone:
Lavish,Lyrical,Reflective,Sentimental
Keywords:
love,officer,romance,wager
Country of Origin:
France (10-26-1955),Italy (12-25-1955)