Who Was That Lady? (1960)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

George Sidney

Writer:

Norman Krasna (play)

Release Date:

8 April 1960 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young...

Plot Keywords:

FBI Agent | FBI | Bedroom | Beautiful Woman | Screenwriter

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Tony Curtis	...	David Wilson
Dean Martin	...	Michael Haney
Janet Leigh	...	Ann Wilson
James Whitmore	...	Harry Powell
John McIntire	...	Bob Doyle
Barbara Nichols	...	Gloria Coogle
Larry Keating	...	Parker
Larry Storch	...	Orenov
Simon Oakland	...	Belka
Joi Lansing	...	Florence Coogle
Barbara Hines	...	Foreign Exchange Student
Marion Javits	...	Miss Mellish
Mike Lane	...	Glinka - Henchman in Elevator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Weck	...	Singer in German Version

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #19460) | Finland:S

Company:

Ansark-Sidney

Trivia:

Based upon the comedy "Who Was That Lady I Saw You With" which opened at the Martin Beck Theater in New York City on March 30, 1958 staring Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy and ran for 208 performances.

Fast and frothy comedy of mistaken identity

When Janet Leigh interrupts assistant chemistry professor husband Tony Curtis at work she finds him in the arms of a female student ,and promptly sets about leaving him and petitioning for divorce .He turns in desperation to his friend -a TV scriptwriter played by Dean Martin.Together they concoct a story that he is an FBI agent whose romantic activity was all in the line of duty .Somewhat implausibly she believes the far fetched tale and the marriage is once again set fair.Or it would be but for unexpected complications--the real FBI are not amused by the deception;Martin siezes upon the deception as a cover for his serial womanising and some foreign spies believe Curtis and Martin may have secrets they can use.It builds to a frantic climax deep in the bowels of the Empire State Building, The movie has pace and this is what sustains interest for the script is pretty feeble -thin to the point of anorexia.The movie zips along briskly enough to paper over the cracks in the script and while rarely laugh out loud this is a genial and engaging comedy very much of its period in its attitudes to women who are here confined to domesticity and looking good.

Strong performances all round with James Whitmore especially good as an ulcer ridden FBI man and John mcIntyre as his superior.