Plot Summary - Stylish British mystery set in Paris circa 1889. In which beautiful young Vicky (Jean Simmons) arrives in town with her brother for the Paris Exhibition. They enter the lively lobby of their hotel, check in, and are given rooms 17 and 19 (hers has a fab view of the "new" Eiffel Tower). The brother is rather a stuffed shirt, tired out he can barely be mustered to take poor sis to what appears to be the funnest spot in town, the Moulin Rouge. Vicky bumps into a very handsome stranger in the lobby on her way out that evening, who plays a part in the drama to come. The next morning she wakes up to find - um - both her brother and his room, room 19, have disappeared off the face of the earth. The seemingly shady older French couple who run the hotel tell her she checked in alone, there was no brother and never was a room 19 - hmm, what to think. Apparently trying to gaslight the poor young woman, she seeks help from all around including the British consulate and the French police. No one seems able to help her because no witnesses to her story can be found - until - a lucky straw, and here is the handsome stranger part of the story. George (Dirk Bogarde), a painter and oh so young and good-looking, happened to meet the brother and borrow money off him that first evening - Vicky hooks up with George who has tried to return the money to the brother, and George sets out to help her solve the mystery of the disappearing brother (sounds like an Agatha Christie!).
Review - Well, well, this is just a terrific film, a little gem that seems to be rarely shown - I believe I've only seen it once before and loved it. Almost Hitchcock in style, it's really fun to go along with this couple as they try to find out the truth of what the heck is going on here! Good one - and doesn't hurt that it stars two of my absolute favorites, Dirk Bogarde and Jean Simmons. Yahoooo! Rating - 10/10 stars
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