The only reason I don't give ORIENT an even lower rating is the spectacular film score and cinematography. The title is misleading; it is less about the philandering, phony character played by pre-PINK PANTHER Peter Sellers than it is about two young ladies grappling with puberty and the adult world. Sellers's character is in fact little more than a stretched cameo as the put-upon Mr. Orient. The film is really about the two girls and their wanderings around the isle of Manhattan, which by the way is photographed exquisitely. Only gripe in that regard: scenes of absolutely no one about and around other than the two girls, and not a single minority spotted in this 60s "hip" Pan Arts production. I am sure there are people who would like to see NYC this way, but it is pure fantasy, and jarring. Angela Lansbury is great in a small role as a greedy, grasping mother to one of the girls, and not unlike her greedy, grasping mother in MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.
Review of The World of Henry Orient
