Joan Benham

A rousing chorus of NoМДеЗl Coward's Stately Homes of England is heard as the opening titles of The Grass Is Greener fade into several stock shots of those stately homes. One of these mansions is owned by British earl Victor Rhyall (Cary Grant), who opens his home to American tourists in order to make ends meet.

A beautiful Britt (Ursula Andress) and her aristocratic husband, Nicholas, Earl of Dorset (David Warner) are classic examples of the live now, pay later, or preferably not at all, philosophy of life. Luxury is a necessity for the glamorous pair who live entirely on credit and their good looks. Britt asks her bank manager, stuffy Mr Graham (Stanley Baxter) for an overdraft and so the drama begins!