Synopsis
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.
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Cast
- Elizabeth TaylorFrances Andros
- Richard BurtonPaul Andros
- Louis JourdanMarc Champselle
- Elsa MartinelliGloria Gritti
- Margaret RutherfordThe Duchess of Brighton
- Maggie SmithMiss Mead
- Rod TaylorLes Mangrum
- Orson WellesMax Buda
- Linda ChristianMiriam Marshall
- Dennis PriceCmdr. Millbank
Recommendations
- 75
TV Guide Magazine
A slick, glossy multi-character soap opera set in London's airport. - 70
The New York Times
The V.I.P.s is, gratifyingly, a lively, engrossing romantic film cut to the always serviceable pattern of the old multi-character Grand Hotel, and some of the other people in it are even more exciting than the two top stars. - 70
Variety
This has suspense, conflict, romance, comedy and drama. Its main fault is that some of the characters and the by-plots are not developed enough. But that is a risk inevitable in any film in which a number of strangers are flung together, each with problems and linked by a single circumstance. - 50
Time Out
The performances are all reasonably enjoyable, but it's the sort of film the British cinema could well do without. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Miss Taylor needs something stronger than this to display her talents, and so does Burton. - 30
The Telegraph
It is rubbish, and whereas Taylor’s playing can sometimes redeem utter nonsense, it doesn’t quite manage it here.
