All in a Night's Work (1961)

Director:

Joseph Anthony

Writers:

Edmund Beloin (screenplay) &
Maurice Richlin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 March 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It's nice work - and you can get it!

Plot:

Colonel Ryder, the publisher of a magazine, dies while on vacation. Tony, his swinging nephew, inherits the magazine and takes over...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play | Based On Novel

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Tony Ryder
Shirley MacLaine	...	Katie Robbins
Cliff Robertson	...	Warren Kingsley, Jr.
Charles Ruggles	...	Dr. Warren Kingsley Sr. (as Charlie Ruggles)
Norma Crane	...	Marge Coombs
Jack Weston	...	Lasker
John Hudson	...	Harry Lane
Jerome Cowan	...	Sam Weaver
Gale Gordon	...	Oliver Dunning
Ralph Dumke	...	Baker
Mabel Albertson	...	Mrs. Kingsley Sr.
Rex Evans	...	Carter
Mary Treen	...	Miss Schuster
Roy Gordon	...	Albright
Ian Wolfe	...	O'Hara
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gertrude Astor	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Eugene Borden	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Kathryn Card	...	Dowager (uncredited)
Robert Carson	...	Maitre d' (uncredited)
James De Closs	...	Boy Holding Hands (uncredited)
Anthony De Mario	...	Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Richard Deacon	...	Fur Salesman (uncredited)
John Diggs	...	George - Owner (uncredited)
Glenn Dixon	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)
Amy Douglass	...	Dowager (uncredited)
Charles Evans	...	Colonel Ryder (uncredited)
Dolores Faith	...	Girl Holding Hands (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Donald Foster	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon	...	Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
Reed Hadley	...	General Pettiford (uncredited)
William Lally	...	Herman - 'Manager' (uncredited)
John Lawrence	...	Joe Kowalski (uncredited)
Harriet E. MacGibbon	...	Dowager (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney	...	Elevator Starter (uncredited)
Carlyle Mitchell	...	Manager of Hotel (uncredited)
James Noah	...	Boy Holding Hands (uncredited)
Ezelle Poule	...	Dowager (uncredited)
Florence Ravenel	...	Matron (uncredited)
Myrna Ross	...	Girl at Sand Dune (uncredited)
Carl Saxe	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Yuki Shimoda	...	Kim (uncredited)
Rosemarie Stack	...	Tony's Blonde 'Friend' (uncredited)
Joan Staley	...	Blonde (uncredited)
Mike Steele	...	Slicker (uncredited)
Dick Wessel	...	Janitor (uncredited)
Johnstone White	...	Kirby Hackett (uncredited)

Directed by
Joseph Anthony

Writing credits
Edmund Beloin		(screenplay) &
Maurice Richlin		(screenplay) and
Sidney Sheldon		(screenplay)
Margit Veszi		(story)
Owen Elford		(play "All In a Night's Work")

Produced by
Joseph H. Hazen	....	producer
Paul Nathan	....	associate producer
Hal B. Wallis	....	producer

Original Music by
André Previn		(as Andre Previn)

Cinematography by
Joseph LaShelle		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Howard A. Smith		(as Howard Smith)

Art Direction by
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler		(as Walter Tyler)

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
Arthur Krams

Makeup Department
Nellie Manley	....	hair style supervisor
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Richard Blaydon	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daniel McCauley	....	assistant director (as Daniel J. McCauley)

Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound recordist
Gene Merritt	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart	....	process photography
John P. Fulton	....	special photographic effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Edith Head	....	costumes

Editorial Department
Warren Low	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
Albert Woodbury	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Richard Mueller	....	technicolor color consultant

Production Companies

• Hal Wallis Productions
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1961) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1966) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Viacom (1972) (USA) (TV)
• Magnetic Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Starmaker Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Iceland:L | Sweden:15 | Australia:G | Netherlands:AL (orginal rating)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hal Wallis Productions

Trivia:

Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, TX, 1996.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Dr. Warren Kingsley Sr. and Mrs. Kingsley visit at Katie's home the shadow of the microphone is visible on the wall.

Quotes:

Katie Robbins:Congratulations are in order for me. I am the ten-millionth lady to cross this bridge!

Romantic comedy at its finest!!!!!!!

All in a nights work shows everything I love to watch in a movie. Its fun, sassy and has the great one liner, Oh Mr Ryder. Dean Martin and Shirley Maclaine have obvious chemistry in this flick and its just a classic example of how romance used to exist. Although it is a typical mistaken Identity plot for a film of its age it has more wit than others seen at that time. Dean Martin really shows in this film his sophistication as an actor and is at all times Mr Cool. Shirley Maclaine is an actress I have never really watched in the past but she sparkles in this. The ending would have to be my favourite scene, I love this movie and its a classic I can watch again and again.