Walk Don't Run (1966)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Charles Walters

Writers:

Robert Russell (story) &
Frank Ross (story) ...

Release Date:

29 June 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Run, don't walk to see Walk, Don't Run.

Plot:

During the housing shortage of the 1964 Toyko Olympics, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.

Plot Keywords:

Olympics | Housing Shortage | Embassy | Remake | Tokyo Japan

Cast

Cary Grant	...	Sir William Rutland
Samantha Eggar	...	Christine Easton
Jim Hutton	...	Steve Davis
John Standing	...	Julius D. Haversack
Miiko Taka	...	Aiko Kurawa
Ted Hartley	...	Yuri Andreyovitch
Ben Astar	...	Dimitri
George Takei	...	Police Captain
Teru Shimada	...	Mr. Kurawa
Lois Kiuchi	...	Mrs. Kurawa

Also Known As:

Walk, Don't Run (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:L | Australia:G | West Germany:12 | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Hotel Okura, Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The film is a remake of The More the Merrier (1943).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rutland leaves Haversacks office the Japanese flag is on his left (and Union Jack on his right) in the next shot it is on his right (and Union Jack on his left).

Quotes:

Christine Easton: I don't know why you wanted a room, you spend all of your time outside!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Night Court: Walk, Don't Wheel (#2.22)" (1985)

Soundtrack:

Happy Feet

Running jokes, a slapstick ballet, and Cary Grant playing matchmaker...

American heel-to-toe competitor in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cajoles his way into a flat occupied by an attractive working girl and her "roommate", a chipper British corporate executive who couldn't find other lodgings in over-crowded Japan. After a swift, bouncy start, this lackluster comedy seems to lose inspiration quickly, mostly due to the initial set-up compromised by the arrival of the American dullard (Jim Hutton, pulling a Dean Jones). The film is a remake of a 1943 picture ("The More The Merrier"), and sadly it plays like 1943 as well. There is so much lovely chemistry and interplay between Cary Grant and Samantha Eggar in the early scenes, this might've been a totally different (and improved) movie if played as a duet. But once the boy moves in, and the girl's fiancé gets jealous, and the kids are accused of being spies...well, it's not half as bad as Grant being forced into the third-wheel position, playing Fairy Godfather. Quincy Jones provided a nice score, and a few of the running gags are cute, but otherwise this is very tired work. No wonder Grant retired from movies immediately afterward. ** from ****