The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 American comedy-drama war film directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Paddy Chayefsky, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie. Set in London in 1944 during World War II, in the weeks leading up to D-Day, the black-and-white film stars James Garner, Julie Andrews and Melvyn Douglas and features James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell and Keenan Wynn. Both Garner and Andrews consider i...
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The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 American comedy-drama war film directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Paddy Chayefsky, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie. Set in London in 1944 during World War II, in the weeks leading up to D-Day, the black-and-white film stars James Garner, Julie Andrews and Melvyn Douglas and features James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell and Keenan Wynn. Both Garner and Andrews consider it their favorite of the films they appeared in.
Lieutenant Commander Charlie Madison (James Garner) is a "dog-robber," a personable but conniving personal assistant to American Admiral William Jessup (Melvyn Douglas). His job is to keep his boss and other high ranking officers supplied with luxuries and amiable English women.
Under stress since the death of his wife, Jessup cracks up while devising a plan to prevent the Navy from being overshadowed in the D-Day invasion by the Army and its Air Corps, which in his mind could lead to a...
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