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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   204 votes
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Director:
Don Weis
Writers:
Ira Levin (play)
Jack Sher (writer)
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Release Date:
13 April 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Bob Hope is a New York theater critic and his wife (Lucille Ball in their final motion picture pairing) writes a play that may or may not be very good... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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User Comments:
One of the most unfunny comedies I have ever had the displeasure of slogging through more (6 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bob Hope ... Parker Ballantine

Lucille Ball ... Angela Ballantine
Marilyn Maxwell ... Ivy London

Rip Torn ... Dion Kapakos
Jessie Royce Landis ... Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
John Dehner ... S.P. Champlain
Jim Backus ... Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Ricky Kelman ... John Ballantine
Dorothy Green ... Mrs. Margaret Champlain
Marie Windsor ... Sally Orr

Joseph Gallison ... Philip 'Phil' Yardley (as Evan McCord)
Joan Shawlee ... Marge Orr
Richard Deacon ... Harvey Rittenhouse
Jerome Cowan ... Joe Rosenfield
Donald Losby ... Godfrey Von Hagedorn
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:11 | USA:Approved (original rating) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last of four feature films that Bob Hope and Lucille Ball made together. more
Quotes:
John Ballantine: For the record, Sisters Three was written by Angela Ballantine, directed by Dion Kapakos, and produced by mistake. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1963-05-05)" (1963) more

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6 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
One of the most unfunny comedies I have ever had the displeasure of slogging through, 8 December 2002
1/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Torturous farce based on Ira Levin's stage hit about nasty East Coast theater critic who insists on writing the review for his wife's new play. Bob Hope is utterly unpleasant throughout this ham-handed dud, which was apparently more sophisticated in it's original form. Lucille Ball gets in a few choice moments, but the lousy finale cheats her and the viewer. An unmitigated disaster! * from ****

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