I finally decided to come to this forum specifically because every time I watch this movie I enjoy this scene and the song and Fran Jeffries more. She is indeed mega hot. When she turns sideways in that outfit her midsection practically disappears. I can't believe that I actually like such a sixties, feel good pop song just asking to be turned into elevator music, prominently featuring an accordion, no less! But it's great! Of course Henry Mancini is a genius, but still....
I was actually born the year the movie was made, so I grew up watching the later sequels and had never seen this one or "A Shot in the Dark" til much later. Interestingly, I only realized when I read in the OP just now that Fran Jefferies was in Playboy that this movie was NOT the first thing I'd ever seen her in.... A friend's father had a rather extensive collection of 60's and 70's Playboys which we discovered and now that you mention it I think I recall being... favorably impressed, even compared to so many other attractive women. Her and Jo Ann Harris.
I even enjoy watching her backup dancers. They're hilariously light in their loafers.
Capucine does nothing for me, Claudia Cardinale is gorgeous, but Fran Jeffries has her beat.
EDIT: Wow, on further research it appears the first time I could have seen her in Playboy was 1977 making her 40! I wonder if I'm thinking of someone else or if she looked that good at 40?
EDIT2: Actually another site says 1971.... That sounds more like what I remember datewise.
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