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Overview

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Director:

Frank Tashlin

Writers:

George Axelrod (play)
Frank Tashlin (screenplay)
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Release Date:

29 July 1957 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Romance more

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:

Don't Forget Blondell! 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)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Netherlands:AL (2009) (DVD) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl


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Trivia:

Mamie Van Doren turned down the role of Rita Marlowe. more

Quotes:

Rockwell Hunter: I'm not a failure. I'm the largest success there is. I'm an average guy. And all us average guys are successes. We run the works! Not the big guy behind the big desk! more

Movie Connections:

References A Hatful of Rain (1957) more

Soundtrack:

You Got It Made more


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13 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Don't Forget Blondell!, 27 November 2004
Author: RichWall from United States

Actually, this film is a lot of fun - 50's style. But the best performance in the movie is the one by Joan Blondell as Mansfield's assistant. She has a monologue about a milkman that will leave you in tears of laughter. Don't ever forget Blondell. Mansfield is quite funny, too! She takes her fan club very seriously and that makes it all the funnier. And that poodle!!

All the references to Fox movies of the day are there, plus all the digs at TV. They even add a commercial - making it very small and in black and white, fuzzy and full of snow - something the kids these days have never heard of.

Tony Randall is a scream and the perfect icon of the 50's. What a pity no one ever did an in- depth biography of him - - the stories he could surely tell!!

The movie is a lot of fun, especially if you remember the 50's. Hey! It really was like this, kids!

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