| The Bobo | |
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| Directed by | Robert Parrish |
| Produced by | Jerry Gershwin Elliott Kastner |
| Written by | Novel: Burt Cole Screenplay: David R. Schwartz |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Britt Ekland Rossano Brazzi Adolfo Celi |
| Music by | Francis Lai |
| Cinematography | Gerry Turpin |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
| Release date(s) | 1967 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Bobo is a 1967 British comedy film starring Peter Sellers and co-starring his then-wife Britt Ekland. Based on the 1959 novel Olimpia by Burt Cole, also known as Thomas Dixon, Sellers is featured as the would-be singing matador, Juan Bautista. A theater manager offers to give him a big break if he seduces the beautiful Olimpia (Ekland) and spends an hour in her apartment with the lights off. The plot centers around Juan's attempts to woo the woman and famously includes Sellers covered in blue dye as the "Blue Matador."