The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Writer:

Everett Freeman (written by)

Release Date:

9 June 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

The spy who came out of the water.

Plot:

After a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect his new girlfriend is a Russian spy.

Plot Keywords:

Catalina Island | Spy | Mermaid | Boat | Robot

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Doris Day	...	Jennifer Nelson
Rod Taylor	...	Bruce Templeton
Arthur Godfrey	...	Axel Nordstrom
John McGiver	...	Ralph Goodwin
Paul Lynde	...	Homer Cripps
Edward Andrews	...	Gen. Wallace Bleecker
Eric Fleming	...	Edgar Hill
Dom DeLuise	...	Julius Pritter
Elisabeth Fraser	...	Nina Bailey
Dick Martin	...	Zack Molloy
George Tobias	...	Norman Fenimore
Alice Pearce	...	Mabel Fenimore
Ellen Corby	...	Anna Miller
Dee J. Thompson	...	Donna
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Alden	...	Executive (uncredited)
Don Anderson	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Ellen Atterbury	...	Wife (uncredited)
Bella Bruck	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
John Burnside	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Regina Carrol	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Pat Casella	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Jerry Catron	...	Executive (uncredited)
George Cisar	...	Fat Man (uncredited)
Bill Cord	...	American (uncredited)
John Dennis	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Dick Dial	...	Executive (uncredited)
Roy Eason	...	Executive (uncredited)
M. Hakim	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Florence Halop	...	Lady on Telephone (uncredited)
Joe Haworth	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Maurice Kelly	...	Reporter (uncredited)
James Macklin	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Theodore Marcuse	...	Gregor - Spy with Cigar (uncredited)
Gregg Martell	...	Russian (uncredited)
Brett Parker	...	Engineer (uncredited)
Joe Ploski	...	Husband (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan	...	Party Guest / Computer Plant Worker (uncredited)
Michael Romanoff	...	Husband (uncredited)
Rachel Romen	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles Stewart	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Leslie Vallen	...	Miss Perkins (uncredited)
Robert Vaughn	...	Napoleon Solo (uncredited)
Charles Victor	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Carolyn Williamson	...	Party Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Frank Tashlin

Writing credits
Everett Freeman		(written by)

Produced by
Everett Freeman	....	producer
Martin Melcher	....	producer

Original Music by
Frank De Vol		(as De Vol)

Cinematography by
Leon Shamroy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John McSweeney Jr.		(as John McSweeney)

Art Direction by
Edward C. Carfagno		(as Edward Carfagno)
George W. Davis

Set Decoration by
Henry Grace
Hugh Hunt

Makeup Department
Barbara Lampson	....	hair stylist: Doris Day
Harry Maret	....	makeup artist
William Tuttle	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Edward Woehler	....	unit production manager
Lindsley Parsons Jr.	....	assistant production manager: MGM (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Al Jennings	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor
Van Allen James	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
J. McMillan Johnson	....	special visual effects
Carroll L. Shepphird	....	special visual effects

Stunts
Dick Dial	....	stunts (uncredited)
Louie Elias	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Hakim	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Doug Byers	....	underwater electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ray Aghayan	....	costume designer: Miss Day

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

Production Companies

• Euterpe
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1966) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1966) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Germany:110 min | USA:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:U | West Germany:12 (nf) | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA

Company:

Euterpe

Trivia:

Not only does Robert "Napoleon Solo" Vaughn cameo at the party, but there is a snatch of the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." theme heard on the soundtrack when Paul Lynde goes undercover in drag.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Bruce snags Jennifer's mermaid tail with his fishing line and reels it in without her, she surfaces and says she's bottomless, but as she swims away you can see her pink/flesh-colored bikini bottoms.

Quotes:

Homer Cripps:She's a pretty strange acting female.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964)

Soundtrack:

SOFT AS THE STARLIGHT

Lots of fun, and Doris Day, too!

I've always loved this film; it's one of Doris' best and has a great opening song and sequence. Doris plays a widow who works at NASA. Rod Taylor plays a physicist who falls in love with her, and tries to get her to fall in love with him. Arthur Godfrey plays Doris' father, who runs a glass-bottom boat in Catalina. Some of the idiots at NASA decide that Doris is a spy, and there's lots of chases and red herrings as Paul Lynde (a security guard), Dick Martin (Rod's business partner), and Edward Andrews (playing a General), all try to unmask her. Doris decides to beat them at their own game when she overhears a phone conversation, and outspy's everyone. Paul Lynde gets to dress in a blue satin formal, and Rod finds Dick Martin and Edward Andrews in bed together! The whole thing is a real hoot, and you'll love those late 60's fashions and hairdo's.

It's all a lot of harmless fun, and look quick for Robert Vaughn during the party scene!