The Honey Pot (1967)

William McFly: What will you drink, ladies?
Mrs. Sheridan: Root beer.
William McFly: Well, I'm afraid we haven't any...
Mrs. Sheridan: [Cutting him off] Of course not! Billions of dollars exporting the American way of life, and most of the world still never heard of root beer!

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Merle McGill: I guess it must be hard for you to understand, Inspector, a man like me and Cecil Fox.
Inspector Rizzi: Not hard at all.
Merle McGill: But how can I say it, Inspector... He was my first... man. Somehow you just never forget your first man.
Inspector Rizzi: I remember mine - vividly.
[Merle throws him a curious glance]
Inspector Rizzi: He also got away.

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'Joseph L. Mankiewicz'' first script contained several novelties that never made it to the screen. Among them was a series of memos from a theater-chain owner (made to look as though they had been slipped in front of the projector) that commented on the action taking place. Also, there was to have been a running argument (resembling backstage squabbling) between a theater manager and the actor playing Cecil over such things as lines and cues.
Anne Bancroft was originally cast as Merle McGill, but she turned it down for a stage role.
Three dream sequences were filmed (though ultimately scrapped) of the women fantasizing Cecil's death and their inheritance.
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