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October 1959 (Austria)
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Sales girl falls for the younger of a company run by two brothers. The elder falls for her but plans to help her get his brother because he doesn't know he's in love. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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Breezy, very watchable little comedy with attractive cast...
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | David Niven | ... | Miles Doughton |
 | Shirley MacLaine | ... | Meg Wheeler |
 | Gig Young | ... | Evan Doughton |
| Rod Taylor | ... | Ross Tayford |
| Jim Backus | ... | Maxwell |
| Claire Kelly | ... | Lisa |
| Elisabeth Fraser | ... | Jennie Boyden |
| Dodie Heath | ... | Terri Richards (as Dody Heath) |
| Read Morgan | ... | Bert |
 | Carmen Phillips | ... | Refined young lady |
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98 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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I'm In The Mood For Love
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This is the film where I first fell under the spell of the quirky heroines SHIRLEY MacLAINE seemed to embody in her early screen roles--and continued to play long after the charm had worn off.
But here she's refreshingly innocent, naive, quirky, good-natured and easy to like. In fact, she has to carry the film even though she's playing opposite such pros as David NIVEN (rather stuffy here), GIG YOUNG (casual, relaxed performance), and ROD TAYLOR (always good in light romantic comedies).
But it's MacLaine's show all the way as a girl who stumbles into a job at a market research firm run by two brothers, opposite types, one of whom (Niven) decides to shape her into the kind of woman his brother should fall in love with. Naturally, his little scheme backfires and he ends up falling in love with his creation. If you detect a touch of "My Fair Lady" here, you're right.
Passes the time quickly in an era where most films did exactly that, lasting no more than an hour and a half.