Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: July 10, 1953 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Mel Ferrer smiles his narcissistic, masochistic smiles as the crippled puppeteer who can speak his love to the 16-year-old orphan girl Lili (Leslie Caron) only through his marionettes. Canon is much too good for him, but the movie doesn't know it.