The Perfect Furlough

The Perfect Furlough
File:The Perfect Furlough - 1958 - Poster.png theatrical release poster
Directed by	Blake Edwards
Produced by	Robert Arthur
Written by	Stanley Shapiro
Starring	Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Linda Cristal
Music by	Dámaso Pérez Prado
Cinematography	Philip Lathrop
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release dates	October 1958 (1958-10)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.3 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)

The Perfect Furlough is a 1958 romantic service comedy directed by Blake Edwards and written by Stanley Shapiro. Edwards and Shapiro would re-team the following year for another Tony Curtis service comedy, Operation Petticoat.

Plot

Corporal Paul Hodges, after a long period in an isolated Arctic base, wins a lottery and gets to Paris, France, on a three weeks leave. There he will be under psychiatrist lieutenant Vicky Loren's control.

Cast

• Tony Curtis as Cpl. Paul Hodges
• Janet Leigh as Lt. Vicki Loren
• Keenan Wynn as Harvey Franklin
• Linda Cristal as Sandra Roca, the Argentine Bombshell      
• Elaine Stritch as Liz Baker
• Marcel Dalio as Henri Valentin
• Les Tremayne as Col. Leland
• Jay Novello as Rene Valentin

• King Donovan as Maj. Collins
• Gordon Jones as "Sylvia", MP #1
• Alvy Moore as Pvt. Marvin Brewer
• Lilyan Chauvin as French nurse
• Troy Donahue as Sgt. Nickles
• Dick Crockettas Hans, MP #2
• Eugene Borden as French doctor

As of September-2015 Linda Cristal is the only cast member still alive

See also

• List of American films of 1958

External links

• The Perfect Furlough at IMDb
• The Perfect Furlough at AllMovie