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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   1,056 votes
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Director:
Writers:
George Axelrod (play)
Frank Tashlin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 July 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Man, oh man, oh Mansfield! [UK] more
Plot:
To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick. But she wants something too: he has to pretend to be her new lover. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Actor Mickey Hargitay Dies at 80
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 19 September 2006)

Actor Tony Randall Dies at 84
 (From IMDb News. 18 May 2004)

User Comments:
A masterpiece. more (22 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Tony Randall ... Rockwell P. Hunter / Himself / Lover Doll

Jayne Mansfield ... Rita Marlowe
Betsy Drake ... Jenny Wells
Joan Blondell ... Violet
John Williams ... Irving La Salle Jr.
Henry Jones ... Henry Rufus
Lili Gentle ... April Hunter
Mickey Hargitay ... Bobo Branigansky
Georgia Carr ... Calypso Number
Dick Whittinghill ... T.V. Interviewer
Ann McCrea ... Gladys
Alberto Morin ... Frenchman
Louis Mercier ... Frenchman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Oh! For a Man! (UK)
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Runtime:
USA:93 min (FMC Library Print)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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Trivia:
The name of Jayne Mansfield's character, "Rita Marlowe", is a combination of *Rita* Hayworth, Jean H*arlow*, and Marilyn *M*onr*oe*. more
Quotes:
Gladys: Watch out! He's probably on his fourth tranquilizer by now. more
Movie Connections:
References A Hatful of Rain (1957) more
Soundtrack:
You Got It Made more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A masterpiece., 10 November 1998
10/10
Author: Brett Sonnenschein (brettson@aol.com) from Brooklyn, NY

This is brilliant film-making. Romantic and subversive at the same

time. Randall and Mansfield were never better and Henry Jones is

brilliant as always. Tashlin skewers 50s America but it still

works 40 years later. I give this movie my highest possible

recommendation. See in widescreen if possible.

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A Note on the Original Play -- Which this Film is So NOT cmgeyer
Maybe perhaps in fact an upcoming US-region-1 DVD release?!?! incrowd
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