Final motel scene
I always thought that the final motel room scene with Walter Mathau and Elaine Devry (the rich divorcee) is one of the finest examples of the "more is less" approach to shooting a potentially very erotiuc scene. Devry removes hers clothes and reveals a very sexy black bustier, looks absolutely irresistable and shows no more skin than a one piece bathing suit! The genius of the scene is that Mathau then still comes back to his devotion to his wife in spite of all the temptation right in front of him. The last straw is when he sees his mentor and neighbor lady being discovered in the room across the way. A great scene and I thing highly charged for the times.
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