That Touch of Mink

That Touch of Mink
File:Touch of Minkposter.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Delbert Mann
Produced by	Robert Arthur Martin Melcher Stanley Shapiro
Written by	Stanley Shapiro Nate Monaster
Starring	Doris Day Cary Grant
Music by	George Duning
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Edited by	Ted J. Kent
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	June 14, 1962 (1962-06-14)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$17.6 million

That Touch of Mink is a 1962 romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day, and directed by Delbert Mann. The film co-stars Gig Young, John Astin, Audrey Meadows, and Dick Sargent. In addition, baseball stars Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra make cameo appearances.

Plot

Cathy Timberlake, a New York City career woman, meets Philip Shayne. His Rolls Royce splashes her dress with mud while she is on her way to a job interview.

Philip wants an affair, while Cathy is holding out for marriage. Watching from the sidelines are Philip's financial manager, Roger, who sees a therapist because he feels guilty about helping his boss with his numerous conquests, and Cathy's roommate, Connie Emerson, who knows what Philip is after.

Philip wines and dines Cathy. He takes her to see the New York Yankees play. They watch from the Yankees dugout (he owns part of the team). Cathy's complaints about the umpire while seated alongside Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Yogi Berra (playing themselves), cause Art Passarella to throw all of them out of the game.

Philip's conscience weighs on him, so he withdraws an invitation to Bermuda, which only serves to make Cathy agree to go. While in Bermuda, Cathy comes down with a nervous rash, much to her embarrassment and his frustration.

The Bermuda trip is repeated, but this time Cathy drinks to soothe her nerves and ends up drunk. While intoxicated, Cathy falls off the balcony onto an awning below. She is then carried in her pajamas through the crowded hotel lobby.

At the urging of Roger and Connie who are convinced that Philip is in love with her, Cathy goes on a date with Beasley, whom she dislikes, to make Philip jealous. Her plan succeeds and she and Philip get married. On their honeymoon, he breaks out in a rash.

Cast

• Cary Grant as Philip Shayne
• Doris Day as Cathy Timberlake
• Gig Young as Roger
• Audrey Meadows as Connie
• John Astin as Beasley
• Alan Hewitt as Dr. Gruber, Roger's therapist
• Dick Sargent as Harry Clark
• Joey Faye as Short Man
• Laurie Mitchell as Showgirl
• John Fiedler as Mr. Smith
• Willard Sage as Tom Hodges
• Jack Livesey as Dr. Richardson
• Yogi Berra as Himself
• Mickey Mantle as Himself
• Roger Maris as Himself
• Dorothy Abbott as Stewardess (uncredited)
• Richard Deacon as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
• William Lanteau as Leonard (uncredited)
• Ralph Manza as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Reception

Box office performance

The film grossed $17,648,927 at the box office, earning $8.5 million in US theatrical rentals. It was the 4th highest grossing film of 1962.

Awards

• Nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Art Direction (Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo), Best Sound (Waldon O. Watson) & Best Writing, Story and Screenplay — Written Directly for the Screen (Stanley Shapiro, Nate Monaster).
• Won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Picture and Cary Grant was nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor — Musical/Comedy.
• Won the Golden Laurel for Top Comedy, while Doris Day won for Top Female Comedy Performance, Cary Grant for Top Male Comedy Performance and Gig Young for Top Male Supporting Performance.
• Won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy.

Production notes

• Cary Grant was a big fan of The Honeymooners and Audrey Meadows in particular, and was responsible for getting her the part of Connie.
• In her autobiography, Doris Day wrote that Cary Grant was very professional and exacting with details, helping her with her wardrobe choices for the film and decorating the library set with his own books from home. However, he was a completely private person, totally reserved, and very distant. Their relationship on this film was amicable but totally devoid of give-and-take.
• When Roger (Gig Young) is showing Cathy (Doris Day) the list of potential husbands for her, we learn that one of the names on the list is Rock Hudson, Day's co-star in Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, and Send Me No Flowers. In fact, Rock Hudson had expected to be cast as Philip, but director Delbert Mann wanted Cary Grant. Grant hated the finished film.

See also

• List of American films of 1962

External links

• That Touch of Mink at IMDb
• That Touch of Mink at AllMovie
• That Touch of Mink at the TCM Movie Database