History Film / Sextette

* [[KavorkaMan Kavorka Woman]]: Marlo is adored and desired by every male character in the entire film. Keep in mind that West was 86 at the time.

''Sextette'', a 1978 [[TheMusical musical]] comedy film directed by Ken Hughes (''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''), is best known for being Creator/MaeWest's final film role, an adaptation of her 1961 musical of the same name (later renamed ''Sextet'')[[note]]Not to be confused with her scandalous 1926 musical ''Sex''.[[/note]]

''Sextette'', a 1978 [[TheMusical musical]] comedy film directed by Ken Hughes (''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''), is best known for being Creator/MaeWest's final film role, an adaptation of her 1961 musical of the same name (later renamed ''Sextet'').

''Sextette'', a 1978 [[TheMusical musical]] comedy film directed by Ken Hughes (''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''), is best known for being Creator/MaeWest's final film role, an adaptation of her scandalous 1926 stage musical ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_(play) Sex]]''.

* HollywoodOld: Bizarrely inverted, as the film insists on acting like the 86-year-old West is still in her prime. (In fact, West herself was confused as to why she looked so old in the dailies -- having them reshot with what seems like a quarter gallon of vaseline on the lens.)

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Apparently, the sex life and consummation of an 85-year-old woman with a 32-year-old Brit is ''front page news across the world'', instead of on ''Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' (or maybe ''Film/FacesOfDeath''). Even allowing that she's the world's biggest movie star InUniverse, that's extreme.

''Sextette'', a 1978 musical comedy film directed by Ken Hughes, is best known for being Creator/MaeWest's final film appearance, an adaptation of her scandalous 1926 stage musical ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_(play) Sex]]''.

Marlo Manners (West) is the most famous movie star/sex symbol in the world. She has just wed her sixth husband, Sir Michael Barrington (Creator/TimothyDalton), and she would like nothing better than to enjoy her honeymoon with him in a posh London hotel. Unfortunately, she's being pulled in many different directions -- by her agent (Creator/DomDeLuise), the director of her latest film/one of her ex-husbands (Music/RingoStarr), a gangster/another one of her ex-husbands whom she thought was dead (Creator/GeorgeHamilton), and a Russian ambassador/ex-lover (Creator/TonyCurtis) at the hotel for an international peace conference. In truth, she has lived a double life as a secret agent for years, using her beauty and charm on men of power...and as an audiotape she's been dictating her CompromisingMemoirs to goes astray and the peace conference goes awry, she might just be the only person who can keep the world on an even keel.

* AngryChef: Dan comes across the world summit's chef [[ComicallyMissingThePoint furious over all the foreign food he has to serve.]] Dan tries to cool his temper with a friendly chat but ends up whipping him into a murderous rage by offhandedly mentioning that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous he likes hamburger.]]
* GaussianGirl: In an effort to hide the fact that its female lead was in her eighties, the film makes heavy use of the Gaussian blur.
* HollywoodOld: Bizarrely inverted, as the film insists on acting like the 86-year-old Mae West is still in her prime. (In fact, Mae was confused as to why she looked so old in the dailies -- having them reshot with what seems like a quarter gallon of vaseline on the lens.)

* [[KavorkaMan Kavorka Woman]]: Marlo Manners is adored and wanted by every male character in the entire film. Keep in mind that Creator/MaeWest was 86 at the time.

* MistakenForGay: The media believes Sir Michael Barrington is gay, and Barrington constantly reinforces this rumor by naively declaring such lines as "Well, yes, I would say so. Always gay, never depressed. Happy and gay. That's my motto", "It's queer to me," he's a "man's man" and that as a coxswain he "coxed the entire crew."
* TheMusical: The songs are a curious mix of original numbers and such pop songs as [[Music/TheBeatles "Honey Pie"]], "Love Will Keep Us Together", and "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (albeit with an age lift to twenty-one).

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Apparently, the sex life and consummation of an 85-year-old woman with a 32-year-old Brit is ''front page news across the world'', instead of on ''Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' (or maybe ''Film/FacesOfDeath''). Even allowing that she's the world's biggest movie star in-story, that's extreme.

Marlo Manners (West) is the most famous movie star/sex symbol in the world. She has just wed her sixth husband, Sir Michael Barrington (Creator/TimothyDalton) and she would like nothing better than to enjoy her honeymoon with him in a posh London hotel. Unfortunately, she's being pulled in many different directions -- by her agent (Creator/DomDeLuise), the director of her latest film/one of her ex-husbands (Music/RingoStarr), a gangster/another one of her ex-husbands whom she thought was dead (George Hamilton), and a Russian ambassador/ex-lover (Creator/TonyCurtis) at the hotel for an international peace conference. In truth, she has lived a double life as a secret agent for years, using her beauty and charm on men of power...and as an audiotape she's been dictating her CompromisingMemoirs to goes astray and the peace conference goes awry, she might just be the only person who can keep the world on an even keel.

''Sextette'', a 1978 musical comedy film directed by Ken Hughes, is best known for being Creator/MaeWest's final film appearance.

* HollywoodOld: Bizarrely inverted, as the film insists on acting like the 86-year-old Mae West is still in her prime. (In fact, Mae was confused as to why should looked so old in the dailies -- having them reshot with what seems like a quarter gallon of vaseline on the lens.)

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Apparently, the sex life and consummation of an 85-year-old woman with a 32-year-old Brit is ''front page news across the world'', instead of on ''Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' (or maybe ''Film/FacesOfDeath''). Even allowing that she's the world's biggest movie star in-story, that's extreme.

* HollywoodOld: Bizarrely inverted, as the film insists on acting like the 86-year-old Mae West is still in her prime.

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''Sextette'' is a 1978 comedy best known for being Creator/MaeWest's final film appearance.

* HollywoodOld: Bizarrely inverted, as the film insists on acting like the 86 year old Mae West is still in her prime.

Marlo Manners (West) is the most famous movie star/sex symbol in the world. She has just wed her sixth husband, Sir Michael Barrington (Timothy Dalton) and she would like nothing better than to enjoy her honeymoon with him in a posh London hotel. Unfortunately, she's being pulled in many different directions -- by her agent (Dom [=DeLuise=]), the director of her latest film/one of her ex-husbands (Ringo Starr), a gangster/another one of her ex-husbands whom she thought was dead (George Hamilton), and a Russian ambassador/ex-lover (Creator/TonyCurtis) at the hotel for an international peace conference. In truth, she has lived a double life as a secret agent for years, using her beauty and charm on men of power...and as an audiotape she's been dictating her CompromisingMemoirs to goes astray and the peace conference goes awry, she might just be the only person who can keep the world on an even keel.

Marlo Manners (West) is the most famous movie star/sex symbol in the world. She has just wed her sixth husband, Sir Michael Barrington (Timothy Dalton) and she would like nothing better than to enjoy her honeymoon with him in a posh London hotel. Unfortunately, she's being pulled in many different directions -- by her agent (Dom [=DeLuise=]), the director of her latest film/one of her ex-husbands (Ringo Starr), a gangster/another one of her ex-husbands whom she thought was dead (George Hamilton), and a Russian ambassador/ex-lover (Tony Curtis) at the hotel for an international peace conference. In truth, she has lived a double life as a secret agent for years, using her beauty and charm on men of power...and as an audiotape she's been dictating her CompromisingMemoirs to goes astray and the peace conference goes awry, she might just be the only person who can keep the world on an even keel.

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Apparently, the sex life and consummation of an 85-year-old woman with a 32-year-old Brit is ''front page news across the world'', instead of on ''Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' (or maybe ''Film/FacesOfDeath''). Even allowing that she's the world's biggest movie star in-story, that's extreme.

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Apparently, the sex life and consummation of an 85-year-old woman with a 32-year-old Brit is ''front page news across the world'', instead of on ''Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' (or maybe ''Faces of Death''). Even allowing that she's the world's biggest movie star in-story, that's extreme.

* NonSingingVoice: Timothy Dalton has said he's "pretty sure" his voice was dubbed while singing "Love Will Keep Us Together," though he did practice for quite a while to make it sound good.

* InformedAttractiveness: Marlo is, in-universe, the world's most beautiful and desirable woman, and it's important to the plot that she is. But for viewers, there's no getting around that everyone's falling head over heels for a old woman whom time was not all that kind to.

* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: West became famous for asking a police officer assigned to escort her, "Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" It's unclear if she ever actually said that, but she ''does'' deliver the line in this film.
* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Apparently, the sex life and consummation of an 85-year-old woman with a 32-year-old Brit is ''front page news across the world'', instead of on ''Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' or maybe ''FacesOfDeath''

''Sextette'' was a 1978 comedy best known for being Creator/MaeWest's final film appearance.

* GaussianGirl: In an effort to hide the fact that its female lead was in her eighties, the film made heavy use of the Gaussian blur.
* MayDecemberRomance: Marlo's latest husband is considerably younger.
* MistakenForGay: Sir Michael Barrington (Timothy Dalton) is confused by the media of being gay, and Barrington constantly reinforces this rumor by naively declaring such lines as "Well, yes, I would say so. Always gay, never depressed. Happy and gay. That's my motto", "It's queer to me," he's a "man's man" and that as a coxswain he "coxed the entire crew."

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* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: West became famous for asking a police officer assigned to escort her, "Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" It's unclear if she ever actually said that, but she ''does'' deliver the line in this film.