This remake of the 1948
Preston Sturges classic stars
Dudley Moore as the symphony conductor who imagines ways to get back at the wife he believes is unfaithful to him. Moore plays Claude Eastman, the conductor of a prestigious sympathy, who suspects that his actress wife Daniella (
Nastassja Kinski) is fooling around behind his back with the orchestra's handsome soloist, Maxmillian Stein (
Armand Assante). The tip comes courtesy of Norman Robbins (
Albert Brooks), Daniella's brother. As Claude is conducting a symphony, an elaborate plot plays out in his head -- he will murder his unfaithful wife to get revenge on her. The plot is simpler and more straightforward than the original version, in which the conductor harbored three separate elaborate fantasies. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide