The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The screen's most exciting cast...in the year's most magnificent movie.

Directed by Anthony Asquith

Produced by De Grunwald Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

1964122 min6.1 / 10

A stylish, multi-narrative romantic comedy-drama that follows a luxury car through the lives of three owners across different social worlds and wartime circumstances.

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Yellow Rolls-Royce easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is The Yellow Rolls-Royce sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Is The Yellow Rolls-Royce scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does The Yellow Rolls-Royce end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Yellow Rolls-Royce violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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