BUtterfield 8
BUtterfield 8 (1960)

BUtterfield 8

1/5
(57 votes)
6.4IMDb

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Goofs

A crew member's arm is visible in the mirror when Laurence Harvey is supposedly alone.

When Gloria writes "No Sale" on the mirror with her lipstick, the "o" in "No" is not connected at the top, but when Liggett looks at the mirror when he returns to his apartment, the "o" in "No" is connected differently; it appears that the words were rewritten on the mirror.

During the car chase scene at the end, there are cars driving behind Liggett, visible through the rear window from inside the car.

When the shot changes to a view of both cars on the highway, there is no-one behind him.

In the scene where Legget is Trap Shooting with his wife Emily, he changes from a single shot, breech shotgun to a Remmington Semi Auto 1100, that is not a breech break shotgun as it was in the initial shot in the scene.

In the scene where Legget is Trap Shooting with his wife Emily, it is evident that she is unfamiliar with loading a shotgun.

Emily can be seen loading another shotgun shell into the chamber of a Remmington shot gun with the brass forward, opposite the way a shotgun shell is loaded.

In simple terms, backwards.

During the car chase scene at the end, Gloria is wearing tan leather gloves while driving, as visible in many facing shots.

However, when they switch to the shot of her car's speedometer, the hand holding the steering wheel has no glove.

Awards

Bambi Awards 1961


Bambi
Best Actress - International

Laurel Awards 1961


Golden Laurel
Female Dramatic Performance
Top Drama
Top Female Supporting Performance

Box Office

DateAreaGross
USA USD 16,462,599

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Reviews

For Taylor fans , it is a delight. for the others - image of a good performance.

Hmmmmm--the usual collection of 'reviews' from imbeciles who cannot spell, punctuate, write a complete sentence, or manage to learn anything about historical periods before Facebook. I cannot decide what the stupidest comments are here: the ones which blame Fisher for being lackluster in a nothing and hardly-written part?

If you have to watch one old movie make sure you see from 1960 Elizabeth Taylor's "Butterfield 8" finally after many years I viewed this legendary classic of the screen queen, I must say it's near excellent work despite it's tragic end. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Gloria a young beautiful woman in Manhattan who moonlights secretly as a high class call girl and the agency she works for is "Butterfield 8".

The movie is about a high-priced call girl. Elizabeth Taylor as Gloria Wandrous is a prostitute but Hollywood, in 1960, still bound by antiquated production codes couldn't reveal her real resume.

This is one of the -1 star worthy films. very much one liner.

Elizabeth Taylor was a superstar before the term used. The term is used today so frequently and in my estimation undeservedly regarding some actors and actresses.

Elizabeth Taylor is her usual stunning, glamorous self but the preachy sentiment of this film hasn't aged well and a lot of the acting is soapy. Interesting how Mr Lingot is basically an upgraded Richard Burton.

Being one of the least-regarded among all major Oscar-winning titles, it has taken this me long to check the film out indeed, I have missed out on countless screenings of it on both TCM UK, Italian and local TV and, for what it is worth, before acquiring the widescreen edition I finally watched, I had already landed a pan-and-scan copy (at the time of star Elizabeth Taylor's passing)! In retrospect, while such glossy melodramas seem so unenticing on paper, actually experiencing them can prove highly entertaining (if not always for the expected reasons) – and this was certainly the case here!

(*Laughable "Gloria Wandrous" quote*) - "Mama! - Face it!

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