Say One for Me (1959)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Writer:

Robert O'Brien (writer)

Release Date:

11 October 1959 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Father Conroy (Crosby) has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishoners gets too sick to work...

Plot Keywords:

Alcoholic | Singing | Father Daughter Relationship | Dancing | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Bing Crosby	...	Father Conroy
Debbie Reynolds	...	Holly LeMaise aka Conroy
Robert Wagner	...	Tony Vincent
Ray Walston	...	Phil Stanley
Les Tremayne	...	Harry LaMaise
Connie Gilchrist	...	Mary
Frank McHugh	...	Jim Dugan
Joe Besser	...	Joe Greb
Alena Murray	...	Sunny
Stella Stevens	...	Chorine
Nina Shipman	...	Fay Flagg
Sebastian Cabot	...	Monsignor Francis Stratford
Judy Harriet	...	June January aka Dawn Easter

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Company:

Bing Crosby Productions

Trivia:

One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.

Quotes:

[Holly auditions for a dancing part in Tony's show]
Tony Vincent: If you ever decide to swim the Channel, I'd like to handle the grease job.

sweet re-watchable movie

I agree with the previous comment this is an underrated movie. One which many years ago I had taped (on Beta format) transferred to VHS and has watched in dismay the tape fail as the years have gone by. I've looked in vain for a copy and wasn't I delighted when today I caught it on TV (and taped it with loving care)!! I have watched this movie every Christmas for about 25 years; the songs are not classics but they are fun and you won't grow tired of them. The wit between Wagner and Reynolds is sharp without going over the line for the era that the movie was filmed but also the humor isn't too dated for the present time either. The movie deals with adult themes without being dark; unwedded parenthood, alcoholism, the church's need to accommodate with the times. Wagner looks wonderful and Debbie is in her prime. They have good scenes together and smolder well. I love the scene where they are dancing in a club and he gives her insight to his character and the past that molded him, the look she gave him when she realized that he was showing her off to old buds, well I was a young innocent when I first saw this film and I knew the effect it had on her! Watch this movie; a classic it is not (except to me) but it is fun and time well spent- if you can find!