
Last Year at Marienbad(1961)
In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.


“Carroll Baker is the Fury. George Maharis is the Force. Sylvia is the Explosion!”
Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.

Carroll Baker
Sylvia: West (Karoki, Kay, Carlyle)

George Maharis
Alan Macklin

Joanne Dru
Jane (Bronson) Phillips

Peter Lawford
Frederic Summers

Viveca Lindfors
Irma Olanski

Edmond O'Brien
Oscar Stewart

Aldo Ray
Jonas Karoki

Ann Sothern
Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona

Lloyd Bochner
Bruce Stamford III

Paul Gilbert
Lola Diamond
Sylvia is a drama, thriller, romance film released in 1965 exploring themes of eccentric millionaire. Directed by Gordon Douglas, it stars Carroll Baker, George Maharis, Joanne Dru. Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
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