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5.0/10   62 votes
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Release Date:
May 1956 (USA) more
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On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl falls in love with the man she's just fleeced. | add synopsis
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The Birds and the Bees out shines TheLady Eve more (2 total)

Cast

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George Gobel ... George 'Hotsy' Hamilton II
Mitzi Gaynor ... Jean Harris aka Countess Louise

David Niven ... Colonel Patrick Henry Harris
Reginald Gardiner ... Gerald
Fred Clark ... Horace Hamilton
Harry Bellaver ... Marty Kennedy
Hans Conried ... Duc Jacques de Montaigne
Margery Maude ... Mrs. Hamilton
Clinton Sundberg ... Purser
Milton Frome ... Assistant Butler
Rex Evans ... Burrows - Butler
King Donovan ... Waiter
Mary Treen ... Mrs. Burnside

Charles Lane ... Charlie Jenkins - Bartender
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Runtime:
94 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Remake of The Lady Eve (1941) more
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Each Time I Dream more

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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
The Birds and the Bees out shines TheLady Eve, 12 August 2008
10/10
Author: shazam1950 from United States

A much better remake than it has a right to be. The improvements over the original includes a much better musical score, the advent of color.and the addition of the 2 leads Mitzi Gaynor and George Gobel. Hank Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck are physically well matched so it is hard to swallow her character not being attracted to his character. For the remake because Mitzi and George are so mismatched physically, and there seems to be chemistry between the two principals the romance works. The screen play trims some of the fat off the supporting characters Fred Clark always shines with the brunt of the story focused on the main leads. The casting of George Gobel using his television alter ego as an innocent over an obvious ploy by what should be another fortune hunter is delicious for me. The supporting cast rounds out a formula musical comedy. I look forward to a DVD copy of this movie.

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