Sylvia

IMDb link: 0059773
IMDb rating: 6.7 (459 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Peter Lawford, Joanne Dru, Carroll Baker, George Maharis and others

Release date: 12 Mar 1965
Release year: 1965
Runtime: 115 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: lesbian subtext, female sexual predator, female impersonator, manipulative female, trophy wife, peroxide blonde, character name as title, forename as title, raped by stepfather, flowers

Plot:

Sylvia West is a young poetess engaged to Frederic Summers, an eccentric millionaire. Summers, a man who always fears he is being loved for his money, decides to make a small check on his prospective bride. The results of this check completely shock him. Not one fact matches 'his' Sylvia. Intregued and bewildered, Summers hires detective Alan Maklin and has him make a thorough investigation on 'Who Is Sylvia.'

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