This lightweight Tony Curtis film features a 1966 Imperial Crown convertible, as well as shots of a 1966 Imperial Crown 4-dr. hardtop.
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Plot Summary from Internet Movie Database: Carlo Cofield first meets Laura when she wrecks his car and destroys all his worldly possessions. In trying to get insurance money from her he finds she is being kept by married swimming-pool big-shot Rod Prescott. Cofield uses this information to persuade Prescott to give him a job as a salesman. Assuming Laura is spoken for Cofield starts chasing beach-girl and sky-diver Malibu, while Prescott's wife in turn starts to fancy him.
| The movie opens with Tony Curtis pulling his VW Beetle up alongside a 1966 Imperial Crown convertible. | |
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| While he gets a drink of water, the owner of the Imperial, Claudia Cardinale, gets in and pulls away.... | |
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| ....hooking his bumper in the process, and sending the Beetle rolling down a hill.... | |
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| ....where it eventually tumbles down an embankment and nearly hits a bus.... | |
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| ...and her own '66 Imperial. | |
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| Scene of the 3-way near miss. | |
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| Laura is furious at Tony Curtis....hey, nice leather interior! | |
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| Laura drops a match and it ignites Tony Curtis' VW, and his pants. | |
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| She offers to give Tony Curtis, who's lost all his worldly possessions in the fire, a ride back to her apartment in her stylish 1966 Imperial Crown convertible. Note the parade boots. | |
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| Later the two take the Imperial out to shop for a home. | |
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| Notice the thin "aircraft style" seats in the '66 Crown convertible. | |
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| Here we get a good view of the translucent steering wheel—and some kooky sunglasses. | |
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| Another view of the '66 Imperial convertible interior against the backdrop of the California coastline. | |
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| Claudia Cardinale pulls away in anger, knocking over a water valve.... | |
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| ....and sending water gushing upward. She does a nice job of peeling out in the '66 Imperial. | |
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| A black 1966 Imperial Crown 4-door hardtop is later seen in this brief chase scene.... | |
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| ....and again, parked, while Claudia Cardinale struggles to get the convertible top up during a pouring rain. | |
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| The top finally starts to go up after she closes the door, at which point she curses at it in Italian (something about it being an American car—can anyone translate?) | |
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| A final view of the Imperial, and Claudia Cardinale—both essentially topless at this point. | |
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| One more shot of the 1966 Crown hardtop. | |
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