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Director:
King Donovan
Writers:
Tommy Noonan (writer)
Edna Sheklow (play)
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Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
You Read About Her In Playboy Magazine...Now See All Of Jayne Mansfield!
Plot:
After a drunken spree on a cruise ship, two women discover that they're pregnant, and set out to find who the fathers are. | add synopsis
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Actor Mickey Hargitay Dies at 80
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 19 September 2006)

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For Big Boobs Only more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Jayne Mansfield ... Sandy Brooks
Marie McDonald ... Claire Banner
Tommy Noonan ... Jeff Brooks
Mickey Hargitay ... King Banner
Fritz Feld ... Ship's Doctor
T.C. Jones ... Babbette, ship's hairdresser / Female impersonator
Claude Stroud ... Steward
Marjorie Bennett ... Mrs. Snavely
Eddie Quillan ... Bartender
Victor Lundin ... Mrs. Snavely's Gigolo, (as Vic Lundin)
Eileen Barton ... Girl in Doctor's office
Patrick O'Moore ... Ship's Captain (as Pat O'Moore)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
75 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During the ocean cruise, Sandy (Jayne Mansfield) sends a telegram announcing her pregnancy to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peers in Texas. The Peers were Mansfield's actual mother and step-father. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Silver Spoons: Promises, Promises (#4.4)" (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Jeff's Orgy more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
For Big Boobs Only, 10 September 2008
1/10
Author: ferbs54 from United States

The 1963 Jayne Mansfield "comedy" "Promises! Promises!" is best known these days for one thing (well, better make that TWO things!)--it is the film in which Jayne displayed her unfettered rib balloons; the first time a major actress ever did so in a mainstream Hollywood picture. Unfortunately, the film offers pretty much nothing else, and potential viewers would be well advised--no, warned--to bail out after Jayne's initial nude appearance, which happily occurs only three minutes in. During the following 72 minutes, Jayne and her bespectacled hubby, played by the film's co-producer and co-writer, Tommy Noonan, go on a long ocean cruise with their friends, Mickey Hargitay and Marie "The Body" McDonald. Through a set of ridiculous plot contrivances that include placebo drugs, seasickness and lots of liquor, Tommy can't quite figure out how Jayne has suddenly become preggers and just who did the knocking up. Dated, dreary, deadly and dumb (how's that for double D's?), the picture is a real labor to sit through; it is absolutely, consistently and painfully unfunny, and every lame gag falls (you should pardon the expression) absolutely flat. Character actor King Donovan's direction is uninspired, TV legend Imogene Coca goes completely wasted in a teensy role, and female impersonator T.C. Jones is an embarrassment. Strangely, Jayne unclothed does not look nearly as spectacular as Jayne strutting about in formfitting sweaters and gowns in such truly marvelous comedies as "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956) and "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1957). I had originally decided to give this film two stars--one for each...well, you know--but cannot give it even that "high" a rating in good conscience. There is no form of entertainment more lethal, for me, than a completely unfunny comedy, and only a big dumb boob would find this one amusing.

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