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May 1956 (USA) morePlot:
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 synopsisPlot Keywords:
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The Birds and the Bees out shines TheLady Eve moreCast
(Credited cast)| 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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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.