Darling Lili (1970)

Set during WWI, a popular singing star (Julie Andrews) is also a German spy. When she is assigned to seduce an American pilot (Rock Hudson) to obtain military secrets from him, the inevitable happens. She falls in love and is torn between her love and her allegiance to Germany. Directed by Blake Edwards (THE PINK PANTHER). This is a case of a film all over the place and never quite able to find its tone. It's a WWI war movie, it's a musical, it's a slapstick comedy, it's a spy movie, it's a romance etc. Add to that that Andrews and Hudson have absolutely zero chemistry with each other and it adds up to an unsatisfactory mash up. To be fair, Paramount constantly interfered and eventually edited the film without Edwards' input and the film was barely released in the U.S. What remains is some superb aerial photography and the songs are good especially the lovely Oscar nominated Whistling In The Dark. With Jeremy Kemp, Gloria Paul, Vernon Dobtcheff and in the film's two worst performances, Lance Percival and Michael Witney.