Surprise Package (DVD)

Legendary director Stanley Donen (Singin' In The Rain) serves up this delightful souffle, starring Yul Brynner (The Ten Commandments) in a rare comedy role as big-time gambler Nico March, who's been deported to the Greek island where he was born. He runs into dethroned King Pavel II (Noel Coward, Blithe Spirit) who offers to sell his bejeweled crown for $1,000,000. Nico asks his former associates to send him the cash, but instead they send his ex-girl friend (Mitzi Gaynor, South Pacific). And now Nico finds himself on the run with an unwanted dame in tow! Hilariously scripted by Harry Kurnitz (A Shot in the Dark) from a novel by none other than beloved humorist Art Buchwald, this is colorful, sophisticated comedy at its very best! Newly remastered.