Island Of Love (1963)

On the lam from the mob boss (Walter Matthau) he fleeced, a con man (Robert Preston) and his pal (Tony Randall) hide out on a Greek island. On the island, they plot their next swindle while the con man falls in love with a local Greek girl (Giorgia Moll). What he doesn't know is that she's the niece of the mobster he scammed! Directed by Morton DaCosta (AUNTIE MAME). DaCosta and his leading man (Preston) were hot off the critical and box office success of THE MUSIC MAN the year before. Why they chose this limp noodle of a comedy as a follow up is a mystery! Sometimes while watching a dud like this, you can't help thinking what were they thinking? I laughed only once when the phony looking snake in a movie about Adam and Eve talked to Eve. I sat through the rest stone faced and who thought it would be funny if Matthau did his entire part speaking with a lisp? On the plus side, the Greek locations shot in wide screen Panavision by Harry Stradling (MY FAIR LADY) look great. With Michael Constantine, Betty Bruce, Vassili Lambrinos and Norma Varden.