The Statue

4.7
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 84 min
  • Premiere: 1971. January 27.

Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's achievement. Bolt's Italian wife, a renowned artist, sculpts an 18-foot nude of Bolt. In a pique, because he's neglected her for years to do his work, she gives the statue a spectacular phallus, telling Bolt that he wasn't its model. Thinking he's a cuckold, Bolt goes on a jealous search for a man matching the statue. The diplomat, too, wants changes in the statue to protect his conservative image. Can art and love reconcile?

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David Niven

Alex Bolt

Virna Lisi

Rhonda Bolt

Robert Vaughn

Ray Whiteley

Ann Bell

Pat Demarest

Hugh Burden

Sir Geoffrey

Erik Chitty

Mouser

Susan Travers

Mrs. Southwick

Desmond Walter-Ellis

Mr. Southwick

David Allister

Mr. Westbury

Maureen Lane

Mrs. Westbury

Zoe Sallis

Mrs. Euston

Graham Chapman

News reader

Mario Guizzardi

George French (uncredited)

Art

Bruno Avesani

Art Direction

Franco Fumagalli

Set Decoration

Camera

Piero Portalupi

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca

Costume Design

Directing

Rod Amateau

Director

Bona Magrini

Continuity

Production

Anis Nohra

Producer

Sound

Riz Ortolani

Original Music Composer

Writing

Art

Bruno Avesani

Art Direction

Franco Fumagalli

Set Decoration

Camera

Piero Portalupi

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca

Costume Design

Directing

Rod Amateau

Director

Bona Magrini

Continuity

Production

Anis Nohra

Producer

Sound

Riz Ortolani

Original Music Composer

Writing