The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz

Directed by	George Marshall
Produced by	Edward Small
Written by	Ken Englund
Screenplay by	Albert E. Lewin Nat Perrin Burt Styler
Starring	Elke Sommer Bob Crane Werner Klemperer
Music by	Jimmie Haskell
Cinematography	Jacques Marquette
Edited by	Grant Whytock
Production company	Edward Small Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	January 3, 1968 (1968-01-03)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz is a 1968 DeLuxe Color (Deluxe Entertainment Services Group) American comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer and Leon Askin.^[1] An East German athlete defects to the West by pole-vaulting over the Berlin Wall.^[2]

Plot

Paula Schultz (Elke Sommer) has been preparing to compete in the Olympic Games, but instead pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom in West Germany.

A black-market operator, Bill Mason (Bob Crane), hides her in the home of an old Army buddy, Herb Sweeney (Joey Forman), who now works for the CIA. Bill is willing to hand her over for a price, to either side, so a disappointed Paula returns to East Germany with propaganda minister Klaus instead. At this point, Bill comes to his senses, realizes he loves her, then disguises himself as a female athlete to get Paula back.

Cast

Elke Sommer as Paula Schultz
Bob Crane as Bill Mason
Werner Klemperer as Klaus
Joey Forman as Herbert Sweeney
John Banner as Weber
Leon Askin as Oscar
Maureen Arthur as Barbara Sweeney
Robert Carricart as Rocco
Theodore Marcuse as Owl (as Theo Marcuse)
Larry D. Mann as Grossmeyer
John Myhers as Boss
Chanin Hale as Hilda
Barbara Morrison as Klabfus
Benny Baker as Cab Driver
Fritz Feld as Kessel

Trivia

Four of the main actors involved in the film (Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, and Leon Askin) also worked together in the popular late 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes. Crane, Banner, and Klemperer appeared in every episode, and Askin had a frequent recurring role.

In the film Kill Bill: Volume 2, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the character played by Uma Thurman is buried alive in a grave marked "Paula Schultz".

Production

The film was based on an original screenplay by Ken Englund which Edward Small bought in 1966.^[3] Henry Tugend was hired to rewrite it.^[4]

Bob Crane was given the lead due to his success in Hogan's Heroes.^[5]

Reception

Reviews were poor.^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063805/
↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65436
↑ Elke Signed for 'Wicked Dreams' Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 11 Aug 1966: d13.
↑ MOVIE CALL SHEET: Liz Signed for 'Comedians' Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 04 Oct 1966: c15.
↑ New Time Angers Hogan's Heroes Star Gowran, Clay. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 12 June 1967: a10.
↑ Paula Schulz' Wicked Dreams Are a Nightmare at Keith's By William Rice Washington Post Staff Writer. The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973) [Washington, D.C] 15 Feb 1968: E24.
↑ 'The Wicked Dreams of Paula ...': Lively athleticism By Alan N. Bunce. The Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file) [Boston, Mass] 02 Feb 1968: 4.
↑ The Screen: A Teutonic Striptease: ' The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz' Opens Elke Sommer a Victim of the Cold War By RENATA ADLER. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 04 Jan 1968: 28.

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Films directed by George Marshall

The Committee on Credentials (1916)
Love's Lariat (1916)
A Woman's Eyes (1916)
The Devil's Own (1916)
The Man from Montana (1917)
The Midnight Flyer (1918)
The Adventures of Ruth (1919)
Ruth of the Rockies (1920)
Prairie Trails (1920)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Their First Mistake (1932)
Towed in a Hole (1932)
She Learned About Sailors (1934)
365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Life Begins at 40 (1935)
Music Is Magic (1935)
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
A Message to Garcia (1936)
The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Love Under Fire (1937)
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Battle of Broadway (1938)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
Texas (1941)
Valley of the Sun (1942)
The Forest Rangers (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Riding High (1943)
True to Life (1943)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
Murder, He Says (1945)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Hold That Blonde (1945)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Variety Girl (1947)
Hazard (1948)
Tap Roots (1948)
My Friend Irma (1949)
Fancy Pants (1950)
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
The Savage (1952)
Off Limits (1953)
Scared Stiff (1953)
Houdini (1953)
Money from Home (1953)
Red Garters (1954)
Duel in the Jungle (1954)
Destry (1954)
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
The Sad Sack (1957)
The Sheepman (1958)
Imitation General (1958)
The Mating Game (1959)
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
The Gazebo (1959)
Cry for Happy (1961)
The Happy Thieves (1961)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Dark Purpose (1964)
Advance to the Rear (1964)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Eight on the Lam (1967)
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
Hook, Line & Sinker (1969)

Films produced by Edward Small

1910-20s	Who's Your Neighbor? (1917) The Sporting Lover (1926) The Cohens and Kellys (1926) The Gorilla (1927) McFadden's Flats (1927) Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928) The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928) My Man (1928) Companionate Marriage (1928) Song of Love (1929)

1930s	Clancy in Wall Street (1930) Igloo (1932) I Cover the Waterfront (1933) Palooka (1933) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) Let 'Em Have It (1935) Red Salute (1935) The Melody Lingers On (1935) The Last of the Mohicans (1936) The Bride Walks Out (1936) We Who Are About to Die (1937) Sea Devils (1937) New Faces of 1937 (1937) Super-Sleuth (1937) The Toast of New York (1937) The Duke of West Point (1938) King of the Turf (1939) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

1940s	My Son, My Son! (1940) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) South of Pago Pago (1940) Kit Carson (1940) International Lady (1941) The Corsican Brothers (1941) A Gentleman After Dark (1942) Twin Beds (1942) Miss Annie Rooney (1942) Friendly Enemies (1942) Up in Mabel's Room (1944) Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) Brewster's Millions (1945) Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Temptation (1946) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) T-Men (1947) The Black Arrow (1948) The Fuller Brush Man (1948) Raw Deal (1948) Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) Black Magic (1949)

1950s	Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) The Iroquois Trail (1950) Valentino (1951) Lorna Doone (1951) The Texas Rangers (1951) Indian Uprising (1952) Scandal Sheet (1952) The Brigand (1952) Cripple Creek (1952) Kansas City Confidential (1952) The Bandits of Corsica (1953) Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) Dragon's Gold (1953) Gun Belt (1953) The Neanderthal Man (1953) 99 River Street (1953) Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) Sabre Jet (1953) The Steel Lady (1953) Wicked Woman (1953) Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) Khyber Patrol (1954) The Lone Gun (1954) Overland Pacific (1954) Return to Treasure Island (1954) Southwest Passage (1954) Down Three Dark Streets (1954) New York Confidential (1955) The Naked Street (1955) Top Gun (1955) Comanche (1955) Gun Brothers (1956) UFO (1956) Chicago Confidential (1957) 5 Steps to Danger (1957) Gun Duel in Durango (1957) The Iron Sheriff (1957) Monkey on My Back (1957) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958) Witness for the Prosecution (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) Solomon and Sheba (1959) Timbuktu (1959) (had name removed from credits) Vice Raid (1959)

1960s	Cage of Evil (1960) Dog's Best Friend (1960) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Oklahoma Territory (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) The Cat Burglar (1961) Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) The Flight that Disappeared (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) Gun Fight (1961) Mary Had a Little... (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Police Dog Story (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) The Snake Woman (1961) Three on a Spree (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) The Greengage Summer (1961) Beauty and the Beast (1962) The Clown and the Kid (1962) Deadly Duo (1962) Gun Street (1962) Incident in an Alley (1962) Jack the Giant Killer (1962) Saintly Sinners (1962) Tower of London (1962) Diary of a Madman (1963) Twice Told Tales (1963) I'll Take Sweden (1965) Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) Frankie and Johnny (1966) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) The File of the Golden Goose (1969) The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970)

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