French Dressing (1964): Cast & Plot

Jim Stephens is a deckchair attendant in the fading seaside town of Gormleigh, a laid‑back existence secured for him by his friend, Henry Liggott. He shares a simple life with his girlfriend, Judy, an ambitious young reporter at the local paper. When Judy suggests a bold plan to revive the town with a film festival featuring a glamorous French star, the trio is hauled before The Mayor to account for Jim’s curious idea. Faced with the threat of losing his job if he can’t land Bardot, Jim pivots and proposes a new target: the French film icon Françoise Fayol, whose latest New Wave work, Pavements of Boulogne, is premiering in Boulogne.