Directed by:
Blake EdwardsScreenplay:
Blake EdwardsCinematography:
Dick BushComposer:
Henry ManciniCast:
Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, John Rhys-Davies, Peter Arne, David Gant, Malcolm Jamieson, Matyelok Gibbs (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Blake Edwards tones down the broadly farcical style that is his signature with this sly musical comedy starring Julie Andrews as British entertainer Victoria Grant. She and an older friend, gay impresario Toddy (Robert Preston), are close to starvation in 1930s Paris. Desperate for work, he changes her image, introducing her to the cabaret world as Polish female impersonator Victor/Victoria. Victoria, now a woman pretending to be a man in drag, becomes a huge success in the nightclub world. Chicago gangster King Marchan (James Garner) becomes especially intrigued by Victor/Victoria while visiting Paris with his dim-witted girlfriend, Norma (Lesley Anne Warren), and his ever-faithful bodyguard, Squash (Alex Karras), who's more than a little concerned by his boss's interest in a transvestite. As Marchan tries to get to the source of his attraction to the entertainer, trying to uncover the truth behind the rhinestone headdress, the farce commences, and the meaning of gender and sexual preference comes into question for all the characters. A director who often shows a willingness to let the seams in his work show for comic effect, Edwards has opted for stylish smoothness here while opening himself to questions of gender that his earlier films had anxiously mocked. Robert Preston steals the film as Victoria's graceful Svengali. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Julie Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387814_b1b7ae.jpg)
Julie Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Shrek 2 (2004)
![James Garner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267724_ae39ba.jpg)
James Garner
USA
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Maverick (1994)
The Notebook (2004)
![Robert Preston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268082_01ed2d.jpg)
Robert Preston
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Beau Geste (1939)
![Lesley Ann Warren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765186_896df7.jpg)
Lesley Ann Warren
USA
Best movies:
Aerosmith: Big Ones You Can Look at (1994) (music video)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Joseph (1995) (TV movie)
![Alex Karras](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/125/158125865_d1f757.jpg)
Alex Karras
USA
Best movies:
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Masada (1981) (series)
Buffalo '66 (1998)
![John Rhys-Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267400_1e5f01.jpg)
John Rhys-Davies
UK
Best movies:
![Peter Arne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/442/160442847_ad5742.gif)
Peter Arne
Malaysia
Best movies:
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![David Gant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/646/159646126_3e089b.jpg)
David Gant
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Braveheart (1995)
Gandhi (1982)
![Malcolm Jamieson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185802_c783f0.jpg)
Malcolm Jamieson
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (series)
![Matyelok Gibbs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188377_72835e.gif)
Matyelok Gibbs
Best movies:
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Babel (2006)
Priest (1994)
Simon Chandler
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
![Maria Charles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281301_dec0b0.jpg)
Maria Charles
UK
Best movies:
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
The Tenth Kingdom (2000) (series)
![Norman Alden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354680_493c82.jpg)
Norman Alden
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
K-PAX (2001)
Ed Wood (1994)
![Glen Murphy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/192/159192512_bcc429.jpg)
Glen Murphy
UK
Best movies:
The Last Emperor (1987)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Quadrophenia (1979)
Jay Benedict
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Christopher Good
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Nosher Powell
UK
Best movies:
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Oliver Twist (1948)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
![Peter Diamond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360954_8403a1.jpg)
Peter Diamond
UK
Best movies:
![Graham Stark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/529/161529918_928c06.jpg)
Graham Stark
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Becket (1964)
Geoffrey Edwards
USA
Best movies:
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Wild Rovers (1971)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)