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Release Date:
7 October 1959 (USA)
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Tagline:
Footloose bachelor...beautiful career girl...and the world's most fascinating pastime! more
Plot:
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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8 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(14 articles)
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QFest 2009 Hosts 'A Day with Doris' Featuring Brunch & Double-Features 7/12
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QFest 2009 Hosts 'A Day with Doris' Featuring Brunch & Double-Features 7/12
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Predictable, but a delight.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rock Hudson | ... | Brad Allen - 'Rex Stetson' |
 | Doris Day | ... | Jan Morrow |
 | Tony Randall | ... | Jonathan Forbes |
 | Thelma Ritter | ... | Alma |
| Nick Adams | ... | Tony Walters |
| Julia Meade | ... | Marie |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Harry |
| Marcel Dalio | ... | Pierot |
| Lee Patrick | ... | Mrs. Walters |
| Mary McCarty | ... | Nurse Resnick |
| Alex Gerry | ... | Dr. Maxwell |
| Hayden Rorke | ... | Mr. Conrad |
| Valerie Allen | ... | Eileen |
| Jacqueline Beer | ... | Yvette |
| Arlen Stuart | ... | Tilda |
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102 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (original rating) |
Germany:6 (re-rating) (2006) |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
USA:Unrated |
Australia:G
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In the diner scene near the end, the restaurant patrons were supposed to deck Tony Randall, who would fake a reaction to the blow and slide down "unconscious" in the booth seat. However, during filming the actor overestimated his hook and accidentally knocked out Randall for real. The shot wound up being so good that the accidental knockout is the one shown in the film.
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Factual errors: A party line phone would not ring when any phone on the line was off-hook. To call the other phone on your line, you had to dial a special code and then hang up and wait for your phone to stop ringing, indicating that the other party had answered. This is not how Jan Morrow does it.
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Quotes:
Hotel clerk:
There's no phone number, but I have a forwarding address.
Jonathan Forbes: 241 Stoneybrook Road.
Hotel clerk: Why yes sir.
Jonathan Forbes: [slams counter] And you let her go.
Hotel clerk: Well, it wasn't my place...
Jonathan Forbes: No, it's my place, and I helped him pack.
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Jonathan Forbes: 241 Stoneybrook Road.
Hotel clerk: Why yes sir.
Jonathan Forbes: [slams counter] And you let her go.
Hotel clerk: Well, it wasn't my place...
Jonathan Forbes: No, it's my place, and I helped him pack.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Roly Poly
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This first teaming of Doris Day and Rock Hudson is a delightful, visually beautiful comedy - old-fashioned but hardly dated. The two stars make a charming, shiny couple (it's easy to see why they were so popular in their time) and Thelma Ritter steals the show in a needless but funny supporting role. The only problem you may have is that the course of the plot seems to be thoroughly predetermined from the first frame, but the film does a pretty good job of delaying the inevitable. Great sound effects, too. (***)