Bedazzled (1967) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A desperate man's magical attempts to manufacture love lead him toward personal freedom and honest human connection.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Devil's Offer

Stanley struggles with shyness and despair before George interrupts his suicide attempt. George proves his identity through the melted ice lolly and offers a soul-for-wishes bargain.

Key Events

• Stanley Meets Margaret — Shy cook Stanley is infatuated with waitress Margaret but cannot approach her. Characters: Stanley Moon, Margaret Location: Wimpy restaurant in London
• Interrupted Suicide Attempt — Stanley attempts suicide by hanging before George interrupts him. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot Location: Stanley's London setting
• The Seven Wishes Offer — George claims to be the Devil and offers seven wishes for Stanley's soul. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot Location: Stanley's London setting
• Trial Wish Confirmed — George fulfills Stanley's trial wish, but the melted lolly convinces Stanley he is the Devil. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot Location: Nearby shop

Wishes Turn Sour

Stanley uses wishes to become articulate, wealthy, and famous in order to win Margaret. George twists every desire until Stanley suffers humiliation and rejection.

Key Events

• George Explains His Quota — George explains his contest to collect 100 billion souls and regain Heaven. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot Location: London
• The Articulate Wish — Stanley becomes a talkative intellectual, while Margaret adopts his pretentious beliefs. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot, Margaret Location: Wimpy restaurant
• The Failed Advance — Stanley's attempt to advance the relationship ends with Margaret screaming for help. Characters: Stanley Moon, Margaret Location: Wimpy restaurant
• Millionaire Fantasy — Stanley becomes a multimillionaire with Margaret as his wife, but she ignores him and his gifts. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot, Margaret Location: Lavish home
• The Pop Singer Wish — Stanley becomes a successful pop singer before another act eclipses him. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot, Margaret Location: Music performance setting
• Groupies Abandon Stanley — A monotonous hit hypnotizes Margaret and the groupies into leaving Stanley. Characters: Stanley Moon, Margaret Location: Music performance setting

Impossible Fantasies

Further wishes place Stanley and Margaret in a morgue and a countryside household. Each imagined relationship becomes more painful as Stanley discovers that desire cannot control another person.

Key Events

• Flies In The Morgue — A passing wish turns Stanley and George into flies on a morgue wall. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot, Margaret Location: Morgue
• Morgue Attack — Stanley attacks after Margaret is invited to a vice squad party, but bug spray defeats him. Characters: Stanley Moon, Margaret Location: Morgue
• Countryside Family Wish — Stanley wishes for a quiet countryside life with Margaret and children, but she becomes another man's wife. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot, Margaret Location: Countryside home
• Painful Romantic Attempt — Although they are deeply in love, Stanley and Margaret's attempt at intimacy causes emotional agony. Characters: Stanley Moon, Margaret Location: Countryside home

The Unbreakable Wish

Stanley tries to formulate a wish George cannot corrupt, but the result turns both lovers into nuns. His failed escape exposes the limits of the wish bargain.

Key Events

• The Perfect Wish — Stanley wishes for permanent mutual love away from other men, but George makes them both nuns. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot, Margaret Location: Order of Saint Beryl
• The Nun Escape Fails — Stanley blows a raspberry to undo the wish, but the attempt has no effect. Characters: Stanley Moon, Margaret Location: Order of Saint Beryl
• Seventh Wish Revelation — George reveals that the trial wish for the ice lolly already used Stanley's seventh wish. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot Location: London

Freedom Without Magic

George reveals that the trial wish consumed Stanley's final wish, then spares him after exceeding his quota. Stanley burns the contract and chooses to approach Margaret without supernatural assistance.

Key Events

• George Spares Stanley — After exceeding his quota, George spares Stanley eternal damnation and returns his soul. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot Location: London
• Contract Burns — George reaches Stanley too late, and Stanley burns the contract before it can be reclaimed. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot Location: London
• A Real Invitation — Stanley asks Margaret out honestly, while George leaves after threatening revenge through modern technology. Characters: Stanley Moon, George Spiggot, Margaret Location: Wimpy restaurant

Story Breakdown

• Stanley's Despair — Stanley's shyness and hopelessness create the opening for George's intervention.
  • Restaurant Infatuation — Stanley works as a cook and quietly loves Margaret, the waitress.
  • Interrupted Suicide — George interrupts Stanley's hanging attempt and presents a supernatural alternative.
• The Devil's Contract — George offers wishes in exchange for Stanley's soul and establishes the supernatural rules.
  • Seven Wishes Offered — George promises seven wishes to help Stanley pursue Margaret.
  • Melted Lolly Proof — The failed ice lolly trial convinces Stanley that George is truly the Devil.
• Romance Through Status — Stanley tries to win Margaret through intelligence, wealth, and celebrity.
  • Pretentious Intellectual — Stanley's wish makes him articulate, but the resulting advance terrifies Margaret.
  • Millionaire Performer — Money and pop success fail to secure Margaret's affection or loyalty.
• Fantastical Misery — The wishes create increasingly strange worlds that expose the weakness of controlled romance.
  • Flies In Morgue — Stanley becomes a fly and attacks after seeing Margaret drawn toward another social world.
  • Countryside Heartbreak — A supposed family idyll collapses when Margaret becomes another man's wife.
• The Impossible Solution — Stanley attempts to create a perfect relationship that George cannot sabotage.
  • Nun Transformation — George makes Stanley and Margaret members of the same unusual religious order.
  • Raspberry Escape Fails — Stanley's usual raspberry reversal no longer cancels the wish.
• Freedom And Choice — Stanley escapes the bargain and chooses an authentic relationship instead of magical control.
  • Final Wish Revealed — George discloses that the trial wish already used Stanley's seventh wish.
  • Contract Destroyed — Stanley burns the contract before George can reclaim his soul.
• An Honest Beginning — The ending replaces supernatural wish fulfillment with a modest, genuine invitation.
  • Dinner Suggested — Margaret declines immediately but suggests meeting Stanley another night.
  • George Leaves — George fails to tempt Stanley again and departs while threatening revenge.

Directed by

Stanley Donen

Key Cast

• Peter Cook — George Spiggot
• Dudley Moore — Stanley Moon
• Eleanor Bron — Margaret
• Raquel Welch — Lilian Lust
• Alba — Vanity