IMDb RATING
6.7/10
5.7K
YOUR RATING
A sportswriter and a fashion-designer marry after a whirlwind romance, and discover they have little in common.A sportswriter and a fashion-designer marry after a whirlwind romance, and discover they have little in common.A sportswriter and a fashion-designer marry after a whirlwind romance, and discover they have little in common.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Don Anderson
- Fight Spectator
- (uncredited)
Helen Andrews
- Model
- (uncredited)
Jan Arvan
- TV Director
- (uncredited)
Rodney Bell
- Drunk Reporter
- (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
- Fight Spectator
- (uncredited)
Otis Bigelow
- Set Designer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough they knew each other before co-starring in this film, it was while making this movie that Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall cemented a friendship that would last until Peck's death.
- GoofsWhile visiting Marineland, bottlenose dolphins are incorrectly referred to as porpoises, both by Mike and by the off-screen announcer of the dolphin show.
- Quotes
Mike Hagen: [narration] Liquor, I've found, makes me very smart sometimes.
- Crazy creditsAs 'The End' appears on the screen, Maxie Stultz delivers the final line of the movie while punching a 'speed bag' in a boxing gym: "I'm making a comeback, you know?"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
Featured review
Stylish comedy that has timed-out culturally
I was born in 64 and grew up watching all those great (and not so great) old movies from the 30s onwards on TV. My love of cinema continued and I've been an avid moviegoer ever since. I am sad that as most of these movies are no longer shown on TV, audiences are not exposed to them and therefore don't see their value. Many young people couldn't contemplate watching a B&W movie under any circumstances. Amongst my own world I often encourage them to watch a rare appearance of an old 'classic' in the streaming schedules. That said, I watched this film today (2023) and whilst I recognised it as a film I enjoyed 40 years ago, its polite sexism undermines any enjoyment today. It makes the leading man seem narrow and shows a fragile ego (and if you can do that to Peck, there's no hope for any other chap). And it makes the leading lady seem silly and childish (which because Bacall could never be that, makes her character a bit unbelievable). It occurs to me that this is a problem with many American movies of the 50s, and that it strangely doesn't apply to the output of the 30s and 40s. I suspect its because of the post war desire to put women back in their place (the home etc). These mainstream 50s movies despite their amazing design and production values and the charismatic stars of the day, really are becoming anachronistic in ways that 'suspension of disbelief' cant overcome (at least not at this distance). I recently watched Pillow Talk, the Doris Day/Rock Hudson vehicle that is probably the best example of this genre. I must say it stands up well. I think the script and the direction there are pacier and funnier, and maybe precisely because it is the most extreme example of this genre (virginal almost 40 years old Doris and closeted Gay icon Rock) it stands outside it now, we enjoy the game knowingly. The same can't work here, and doesn't. Pity, there are still things to enjoy, but it has too many cringe inducing cliches even for a sixty year old white male like me, so god knows what the young would say, with their intolerance of other spheres etc.
- HillstreetBunz
- Oct 31, 2023
- Permalink
Details
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content