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User Rating:
6.9/10   492 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Myra Coppel (story) and
Alec Coppel (story) ...
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Release Date:
January 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
MURDER CAN BE FUN! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Funny, well written comedy more (17 total)

Cast

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Glenn Ford ... Elliott Nash

Debbie Reynolds ... Nell Nash

Carl Reiner ... Harlow Edison
John McGiver ... Sam Thorpe
Mabel Albertson ... Miss Chandler
Doro Merande ... Matilda
Bert Freed ... Lieutenant Joe Jenkins

Martin Landau ... The Duke / A. Wellington Broos
Robert Ellenstein ... Ben
Dick Wessel ... Louis the Louse (as Richard Wessel)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Elliot Nash haphazardly buries the attaché case with Dan Shelby, but when The Duke and Louis the Louse dig up Shelby a few days later, Dan is holding the attaché very tight in his left hand. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Head Above Water (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Something Called Love more

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Funny, well written comedy, 14 December 2001
7/10
Author: helpless_dancer from Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Ford was hilarious as a blackmailing victim who decides to end his troubles with a simple murder. From the first nothing goes right, with everything under the sun conspiring against him, as he goes nuts trying to hide the body and keep it hidden. The murder scene was a total riot.

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