The World of Henry Orient is a 1964 American comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Nora Johnson. It was directed by George Roy Hill and stars Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Phyllis Thaxter, Bibi Osterwald, and Tom Bosley. Filming started in June 1963 and wrapped in October of that year. The premiere was at Radio City Music Hall on March 19, 1964. In 1965 the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in the category "Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy" and for a Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Written American Comedy."... Concert pianist Henry Orient is trying to have an affair with a married woman, Stella Dunnworthy , while two teenage private-school girls, Valerie Boyd and Marian Gilbert , stalk him and write their fantasies about him in a diary. Orient's paranoia leads him to believe that the two girls, who seem to pop up everywhere he goes, are spies sent by the husband of his would-be mistress. When Val's mother, Isabel Boyd , finds their diary, she suspects that Henry has acted inappropriately with her daughter.
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| Release date: | 1964 |
| Directed by: | George Roy Hill |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jerome Hellman |
| Editor: | Stuart Gilmore |
| Music by: | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography: | Boris Kaufman, Arthur Ornitz |
| Screenplay by: | Nunnally Johnson, Nora Johnson |
| Adapted from: | The World of Henry Orient |
| Genre: | Comedy |