The ironic thing about that line said by Brenda Vaccaro in this very entertaining TV movie is that her character's name is Shirley and certain people think that she's a rich socialite named Carlotta. Vaccaro says that line (which Leslie Nielsen made immortal in "Airplane!") To police officer Jack Warden who interviews her after she is kidnapped by two men, is taking her for the mysterious Carlotta. Vaccaro and Warden manage to hit it off as he takes her testimony after the two men are killed when she makes their car go out of control. Now there's the danger of other people mistaking her for the unseen socialite, and it's up to Warden and her good pal, the wacky Joanne Worley, to keep her from getting into more trouble even though a bunch of weird characters keep popping up, insisting that Shirley is Carlotta.
This TV movie s quite amusing even though it is extremely farfetched. The opportunity to see such great supporting players as Roddy McDowell and Vincent Price, Edmund O'Brien, the then unknown Michael Lerner and other actors familiar by face if not by name is an absolute pleasure, and the script is witty and sardonic. Vaccaro and Warden have great chemistry, and Price (altering his voice to sound even more sinister, almost cartoon like) seems to be doing a Charles Nelson Reilly impression. This is Vaccaro at her most appealing, and it makes me wonder how she would have been in a 70's sitcom as a very emancipated woman dealing with wacky situations like she faces here. A reference to "My Fair Lady" is quite amusing. Ironically, Vaccaro's Oscar nominated role in "Midnight Cowboy" just two years before had her playing another New York City girl named Shirley.
This TV movie s quite amusing even though it is extremely farfetched. The opportunity to see such great supporting players as Roddy McDowell and Vincent Price, Edmund O'Brien, the then unknown Michael Lerner and other actors familiar by face if not by name is an absolute pleasure, and the script is witty and sardonic. Vaccaro and Warden have great chemistry, and Price (altering his voice to sound even more sinister, almost cartoon like) seems to be doing a Charles Nelson Reilly impression. This is Vaccaro at her most appealing, and it makes me wonder how she would have been in a 70's sitcom as a very emancipated woman dealing with wacky situations like she faces here. A reference to "My Fair Lady" is quite amusing. Ironically, Vaccaro's Oscar nominated role in "Midnight Cowboy" just two years before had her playing another New York City girl named Shirley.