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Director:
Robert Wise
Writers:
William Gibson (play)
Isobel Lennart (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
24 November 1962 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Romance See more »
Tagline:
a square from Nebraska? an off-beatnik from Greenwich Village? It just didn't figure... that they would... that they could... that they did!
Plot:
Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination See more »
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
Dory Previn, Oscar-nominated Song Writer, Dies At Age 86
 (From CinemaRetro. 16 February 2012, 3:32 PM, PST)
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Dory Previn, Oscar-Nominated Songwriter, Dies at 86
 (From The Wrap. 15 February 2012, 9:51 AM, PST)
User Reviews:
Touching, intimate love story full of atmosphere and offbeat charm See more (23 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

Robert Mitchum ... Jerry Ryan

Shirley MacLaine ... Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
Edmon Ryan ... Frank Taubman
Elisabeth Fraser ... Sophie
Eddie Firestone ... Oscar
Billy Gray ... Mr. Jacoby
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Berry ... Larry, Mosca's Dance Teacher (uncredited)
Colin Campbell ... (uncredited)
Shirley Citron ... (uncredited)
Cia Dave ... (uncredited)
Michael Enserro ... (uncredited)
Harold Fong ... Chinese Waiter (uncredited)

Harold Gould ... Bit (uncredited)

Ann Morgan Guilbert ... Molly - Dance Student's Mother (uncredited)
Ralph Hart ... Student (uncredited)
Victor Lundin ... Beat Singer (uncredited)
Malachy McCourt ... (uncredited)
Moria Turner ... (uncredited)
Virginia Whitmire ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Robert Wise 
 
Writing credits
William Gibson (play)

Isobel Lennart (screenplay)

Produced by
Walter Mirisch .... producer
Robert Wise .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
André Previn 
 
Cinematography by
Ted D. McCord (director of photography) (as Ted McCord)
 
Film Editing by
Stuart Gilmore 
 
Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster 
 
Production Design by
Boris Leven 
 
Set Decoration by
Edward G. Boyle 
 
Makeup Department
Alice Monte .... hair stylist
Frank Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Allen K. Wood .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jerome M. Siegel .... assistant director
John Flynn .... second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Frank Agnone .... property
Frank Agnone .... props (uncredited)
C. Randall Berkeley .... props (uncredited)
Harry Kemm .... assistant art director (uncredited)
William Maldonado .... set coordinator (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Lambert E. Day .... sound (as Lambert Day)
Wayne Fury .... sound effects editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Batcheller .... camera operator (uncredited)
Jack Chandler .... camera assistant (uncredited)
Jack Harris .... still photographer (uncredited)
Karl Reed .... grip (uncredited)
Don Stott .... gaffer (uncredited)
Bob Uhl .... camera assistant (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bert Henrikson .... wardrobe
Orry-Kelly .... costumes: Miss MacLaine
Irene Caine .... wardrobe (uncredited)
Joan Joseff .... costume jeweller (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Marshall M. Borden .... assistant film editor
 
Music Department
Richard Carruth .... music editor
Uan Rasey .... musician: trumpet soloist (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Leon Charles .... dialogue coach
Fred Coe .... stage producer
Dixie McCoy .... script supervisor
Robert Wise .... presenter
Renée Leff .... dialogue coach (uncredited)
 

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Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:12 (DVD rating) | Spain:15 | West Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | Ireland:PG | France:U | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | UK:PG (video rating) (2004) | UK:X (original rating)
Filming Locations:
149 W 4th St, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USASee more »
Company:
Argyle ProductionsSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman were both set to do this film but when Taylor became ill during the early filming of Cleopatra (1963), Newman was able to do The Hustler (1961) instead.See more »
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Gittle pours milk into a pan so she can make warm milk - but she only leaves it on stove for about five seconds.See more »
Quotes:
Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz:Things aren't even-Steven with us, Jerry. You do all the giving. What I have to give, you don't want. And what I want, you can't give. Doesn't matter if I learn shorthand or to play a bugle standing on my head. If you don't love me, you don't love me. And time isn't gonna make one lousy bit of difference.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Lucy Show: No More Double Dates (#1.21)" (1963)See more »
Soundtrack:
GitanaSee more »

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30 out of 31 people found the following review useful.
Touching, intimate love story full of atmosphere and offbeat charm, 17 January 2004
Author: Rogue-18 from Illinois, USA

Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine are well-cast in this engaging love story set in NYC and shot in gritty, atmospheric black and white. Mitchum's wonderfully-modulated performance as a middle-aged lawyer on the rebound, and MacLaine's as the effervescent young dancer he becomes involved with, mesh very appealingly. The Broadway-caliber dialogue is more sophisticated, and the emotional level more intimate, than the films the two were typically making at the time. If "The Grass is Greener", a Mitchum (and Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr!) film from the same period and also an adaptation of a stage play, is a tepid example of how *not* to bring a play to the screen, "Two for the Seesaw" is a vibrant example of how to use film to endow a play with an intimacy that would be impossible to achieve onstage. Major kudos to Mitchum, MacLaine, and the director, Robert Wise.

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