Bob Hope appears in and narrates the trailer, but doesn't act in the movie itself.
Copyright 1958 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. New York opening at the Palace: 23 December 1958. U.S. release: February 1959. U.K. release: March 1959. Australian release: 19 March 1959. Sydney opening at the Regent. 9,580 feet. 106 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Harry Bannerman (Paul Newman) is a typical young commuter. He has a pretty young wife, Grace (Joanne Woodward), whose multiple civic activities leave Harry feeling neglected and frustrated. They live with their two sons in Putnam's Landing, a quiet, suburban community inhabited mostly by married couples like themselves. There is also Angela Hoffa (Joan Collins), who likes all men, except her husband, a busy TV executive, and she decides to hook onto Harry. When the Army announces this community as the site for a "Top Secret" project, the Town Council, led by the always eager-to-help Grace, selects Harry its unwilling committee chairman to go to Washington and tell the Army to find some other place.
NOTES: Fox's number one ticket-seller in the domestic market for 1958-59. Film debut of Tuesday Weld.
COMMENT: Are you a Max Shulman addict? Never heard of the old Max, eh? Good. You're not missing anything. But take my tip and give the film a miss too. Believe me, you'll absolutely loathe it.
Ah! You're a fan of Max. Welcome to the club. When last heard of, about 600,000 strong. Mostly in the States of course. And it's this legion of fans, plus Paul Newman's own home teams, who led the stampede to the ticket-windows, making the movie such a box-office bonanza for Big Picture-Fox.
However. I'm afraid that all of you would have been disappointed. "A slow and labored farce", said most of the critics — and that sums up the movie neatly. As for Mr. Newman, the unanimous opinion of almost every critic I could find was that his performance was akin to that of a maladroit elephant. Not all expressed this thought in exactly those words, mind you, but you get the general drift.
Copyright 1958 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. New York opening at the Palace: 23 December 1958. U.S. release: February 1959. U.K. release: March 1959. Australian release: 19 March 1959. Sydney opening at the Regent. 9,580 feet. 106 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Harry Bannerman (Paul Newman) is a typical young commuter. He has a pretty young wife, Grace (Joanne Woodward), whose multiple civic activities leave Harry feeling neglected and frustrated. They live with their two sons in Putnam's Landing, a quiet, suburban community inhabited mostly by married couples like themselves. There is also Angela Hoffa (Joan Collins), who likes all men, except her husband, a busy TV executive, and she decides to hook onto Harry. When the Army announces this community as the site for a "Top Secret" project, the Town Council, led by the always eager-to-help Grace, selects Harry its unwilling committee chairman to go to Washington and tell the Army to find some other place.
NOTES: Fox's number one ticket-seller in the domestic market for 1958-59. Film debut of Tuesday Weld.
COMMENT: Are you a Max Shulman addict? Never heard of the old Max, eh? Good. You're not missing anything. But take my tip and give the film a miss too. Believe me, you'll absolutely loathe it.
Ah! You're a fan of Max. Welcome to the club. When last heard of, about 600,000 strong. Mostly in the States of course. And it's this legion of fans, plus Paul Newman's own home teams, who led the stampede to the ticket-windows, making the movie such a box-office bonanza for Big Picture-Fox.
However. I'm afraid that all of you would have been disappointed. "A slow and labored farce", said most of the critics — and that sums up the movie neatly. As for Mr. Newman, the unanimous opinion of almost every critic I could find was that his performance was akin to that of a maladroit elephant. Not all expressed this thought in exactly those words, mind you, but you get the general drift.