Assault on a Queen (Paramount Pictures) (1966)

PUBLICITY Still #20034/129 Mat 2A SET FOR ACTION—It’s Frank Sinatra with Richard Conte as they appear with lovely Virna Lisi in Paramount Pictures’ actionadventure film, “‘Assault On A Queen,” which opens .......... PLiaet il Cele een pemem: Goo Theatre. The Sinatra Enterprises-Seven Arts production is a spine-chilling story of modern day piracy, invoiving a gang that decides to rob the Queen Mary from an old German U-boat. With the screenplay written by Rod Serling, ‘‘Assault On A Queen” also stars Tony Franciosa, Al Kjellin and Errol John. “Assault On A Queen’— Fine Adventure Fare! Frank Sinatra is at his derring-do best in his latest film, “‘Assault On A Queen,” which opened ........... PEE, 2 «ons sa theatre. Topcast with Sinatra in the film are Virna Lisi, (you’ll remember her as the blonde stunner in ““How to Murder Your Wife”) Tony Franciosa, Richard Conte, Alf Kjellin and Errol John. “Assault On A Queen” was produced by William Goetz and directed by Jack Donohue. A Sinatra Enterprises-Seven Arts Production, Paramount Pictures is releasing the color film. The story deals with a band of adventurers, led by Sinatra, who plot to pirate the Queen Mary on one of her trips to Nassau in the Bahamas. The group raises a sunken U-boat as its pirate ship and sets about the task of fitting it out for its voyage of plunder. Things go awry when one of the group, an ex-Nazi U-boat commander begins to slip back into the days when he plied the Atlantic, ruthlessly and with no regard for human life. Against this story is woven the love story of Sinatra and Lisi, with the jealousy of Tony Franciosa. Sinatra has never been better than he is in “Assault On A Queen.” If you remember his cocky and bold Maj. Ryan in “Von Ryan’s Express,” then you’ll have a good picture of the style with which the actor carries off his role. Miss Lisi is equally as good, a blonde and lovely Italian vision whose roles in “Murder” and “Casanova ’70,” have brought her to the attention of American audiences. The supporting cast are all excellent with Conte and Franciosa standouts for their roles as two of the pirate sub’s henchmen. Director Donohue, last represented on-screen with another Sinatra starrer, “Marriage on the Rocks” has blended the proper amounts of love, adventure, suspense and excitement to make “Assault On A Queen” top viewing. Mat 2B Still #20034/33 THE BEGINNING—The deal is set by Frank Sinatra, Tony Franciosa, Virna Lisi and Errol John in one of the most unusual adventure stories ever told about modern piracy on the high seas. “Assault On A Queen” is a Sinatra Enterprises-Seven Arts production for Paramount release opening ......... MURINE econ eas cos. dak Theatre. It was directed by Jack Donohue. Sinatra-Lisi Team in Off-Beat Action— Adventure Film of Piracy of Queen Mary Frank Sinatra and the girl motion picture experts have been calling the successor to Marilyn Monroe, Virna Lisi, are together for the first time in a new adventure film, “Assault On A Queen,” a eae at the production for Paramount Pictures release. “Assault On A Queen,” according to advance reports, is a spinetingling adventure story of modern day piracy, involving a gang of colorful, larcenous characters who decide to plunder the majestic luxury liner, the Queen Mary on a trip to Nassau. The group resurrects an old German U-boat and fits it out for the piratic adventure. In the course of the plot, co-thieves Sinatra and Lisi fall hard for each other, thereby providing the proper romantic balance. Also topcast in the production are Tony Franciosa, Richard Conte, Al Kjellin and Errol John. Rod Serling wrote the screenplay based on the best-selling nove: by Jack Finney. William Goetz produced “Assault On A Queen” and the Technicolor attraction was directed by Jack Donohue. William Daniels directed the color photography. One of the most difficult jobs the film’s producers had (besides nailing down the much-sought after Mr. Sinatra) was finding a U-boat, one of the film’s most important principals. Having searched various parts of the world, Mr. Goetz and his associates placed a want ad which came to the attention of the owner of a used boat yard in New Haven, Conn. The owner had purchased a 1935 U-boat at a war surplus auction twenty years ago and had since been using it as an attention-getter with his customers. The boat was put in perfect working order by a ship repair company and then transported to Hollywood. Once in movieland, the ship was worked upon by Hollywoods magic experts who made it look as if it had lain at the bottom of an ocean for 20 years. Another of the nilm’s real stars was the Queen Mary, herself. The most famous ocean liner in the world makes her motion picture debut in “Assault On A Queen.” All the location sequences involving the legendary vessel were filmed at Nassau in the Bahamas. Virna Lisi will be starring in her second important American film with this one, her debut having been made as Jack Lemmon’s spouse in “How to Murder Your Wife.” Miss Lisi will be remembered by all as the blonde venus who rose out of the cake at the bachelor party sequence. Still #20034/11 Mat iA QUEENLY FEMALE — Virna Lisi, that luscious beauty of Italian descent, stars with Frank Sinatra in Paramount Pictures action-adventure, “Assault On A Queen,” which opens ...... HEVHE Sa we Theatre. theatre. The film is a Seven Arts-Sinatra Enterprises Still #20084/75 Mat 2C FRANK SINATRA AND BEAUTIFUL VIRNA LISI star in the Sinatra Enterprises-Seven Arts production, “Assault On A Queen,” a Paramount release opening ........... Py ELD a es Vee Theatre. A spine-chilling adventure story of modern piracy involving a unique scheme to rob the Queen Mary in mid-ocean, the film also stars Tony Franciosa, Richard Conte, Al Kjellin and Errol John. ltaly’s Newest and Loveliest Export Sensuous and Vivacious Virna Lisi For those of you who think that Italy is famous for vino, pizza and thousands of churches, think again. The producers of “Assault On A Queen” opening ............ Gh Wee Oka ees theatre offer for your consideration a luscious confection of Italian descent, Miss Virna Lisi. Virna stars opposite Frank Sinatra in “Assault On A Queen,” a Sinatra Enterprises-Seven Arts production for Paramount Pictures release. Already acclaimed by the European press as the successor to Marilyn Monroe, Virna should reach new popularity with her current teaming with Sinatra. Until cast as the statuesque blonde who springs from a cake clad in only a few dabs of icing in “How to Murder Your Wife,” she had appeared in 35 films in Europe without nearing stardom. Even in her native country she was known chiefly for her teeth, which she flashed in a long-running TV toothpaste commercial. She was, moreover, a brunette. ‘Murder” made her a blonde sensation in the U. S., but it was not until the film was released in Italy that she caught on as a big star there. Signora Virna Pieralisi Pesci, better known as Virna Lisi, is the wife of Roman architect Franco Pesci and is already complaining that work takes her away from home and family too much. “T can do anything,” she says proudly. “I did theatre for six years. From that base I can work in anything. I worked three years in France. And I have worked in TV. There was hardly a drama on TV without me in Italy.” Virna speaks Italian, French, a little Spanish and quite a lot of English, some acquired under a hectic schedule during a 30-city tour to promote “Murder” last year. The role Virna claims to like most is that of wife and mother to little Corrado, her three-year-old boy. Of her co-star Frank Sinatra, Virna has this to say, offering the typical Italian shrug when discussing a warm topic: “Frank Sinatra? What is there to say? I watched so many of his movies and when they came to me and said ‘Would you like to make a film with him’ I literally was speechless. I have so many of his records and to me he was always a symbol of what I wanted the American male to be. Not what I thought he was, of course, but what I wanted him to be: magnetic, animal, sensuous. That is Sinatra and it happens in his voice when he sings and in his acting when he makes love. Yes, I guess you would say I enjoyed working with him.”