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Director:
Melvin Frank
Writers:
Melvin Frank (written by)
Norman Panama (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
14 November 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | Comedy more
Plot:
Two romantic couples are each married to different people! They really DO love each other. At the beginning Kitty thinks Larry is un-funny... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Writer Norman Panama Dead at 88
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 27 January 2003)

User Comments:
Bob and Lucy get the seven year itch more (18 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Bob Hope ... Larry Gilbert

Lucille Ball ... Kitty Weaver
Ruth Hussey ... Mary Gilbert
Don DeFore ... Jack Weaver
Louis Nye ... Hamilton Busbee
Philip Ober ... Doc Mason (as Phillip Ober)
Marianne Stewart ... Connie Mason
Peter Leeds ... Thompson, the Dry Cleaner
Hollis Irving ... Myrtle Busbee
William Lanteau ... Airline Clerk
Robert F. Simon ... Motel Clerk
Louise Beavers ... Gussie (as Louise Beaver)
Mike Mazurki ... First Husband in Motel Room
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono (Glen Glenn Sound)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #19746) | Finland:K-16
Filming Locations:
Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico more
Company:
HLP more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
'Don Defore''s final feature film performance. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Kitty and Larry are eating in a restaurant in Pasadena, a waitress comes to their table. A few weeks later when they are at a restaurant in Monterey, the same waitress in the same uniform is their server. more
Quotes:
Kitty Weaver: [after Larry criticizes her for buying a rabbit instead of a chicken at the grocery store] IT WAS LYING DOWN! more
Soundtrack:
The Facts of Life more

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Bob and Lucy get the seven year itch, 10 May 2002
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Author: Fad King from Chicago, IL

Bob Hope and Lucille Ball team up very nicely here as each steps away from their well-known screen personas to play a suburban everyman and everywoman who unexpectedly fall for each other, despite the complication of being married to other people. The comedy includes some surprisingly tart satire on the claustrophobic lifestyles of the 50's suburban/country club/den mother families that we all know so well from "Leave it to Beaver," etc. But the big laughs come as the two sneak around town to try to be alone together.

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