The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom (1968)

A wife (Shirley MacLaine, a last minute replacement for Anouk Aimee) is frustrated by her workaholic husband (Richard Attenborough) who owns a brassiere factory. When her husband sends a mechanic (James Booth) from the factory to fix her sewing machine, she finds herself attracted to him. So she keeps him in her attic as her live in lover! Based on a play by Alec Coppel (VERTIGO) and directed by Joseph McGrath (THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN). Coppel wrote the screenplay for THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE which was about a man who had two wives in different countries and enjoying the pleasures of both. This movie is a riff on that film with a gender twist: MacLaine enjoying the pleasures of both a husband and a lover! It's nowhere near as good of course but it has a certain likability though it can't sustain the one joke premise very long. The real stars of the movie are art directors William Alexander and George Lack whose pop art/op art design define the movie's image and Jocelyn Rickards' equally vivid costumes which define the late 60s fashion look. The movie's score is by Riz Ortolani (YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE) includes the catchy The Way That I Live sung by Jack Jones. With Freddie Jones, who overdoes it as a fey police detective, John Cleese, Barry Humphries and Patricia Routledge.