How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Fielder Cook

Writers:

Nate Monaster (writer)
Stanley Shapiro (writer)

Release Date:

29 January 1968 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Don't give in, you can't win! Don't give up, you can't lose!

Plot:

Battle of the sexes comedy about a free-wheeling bachelor who decides to save his friend's marriage...

Plot Keywords:

Battle Of The Sexes | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Dean Martin	...	David Sloane
Stella Stevens	...	Carol Corman
Eli Wallach	...	Harry Hunter
Anne Jackson	...	Muriel Laszlo
Betty Field	...	Thelma
Jack Albertson	...	Mr. Slotkin
Katharine Bard	...	Mary Hunter
Woodrow Parfrey	...	Eddie Rankin
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Everett Bauer
Shelley Morrison	...	Marcia Borie
George Furth	...	Roger
Monroe Arnold	...	Wally Hammond
Claude Stroud	...	Hall Satler

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:11

Company:

Nob Hill Productions Inc.

Quotes:

Mr. Slotkin: A bachelor's conscience is a woman's best friend.

Rock Hudson and Doris Day type comedy

I found it incredible that fewer than 5 people have voted on this film, as of Oct. 2000. It did reasonably well at the box office and is an enjoyable comedy. This film will appeal to fans of the Rock Hudson and Doris Day comedies of the same era and the plot contains just a pinch more sex dialogue.

The cast is excellent and Dean Martin is as gifted in comedy (please disregard the Jerry Lewis films) as he is a singer. The title song is catchy and worth an extra voting point. The plot concerns bachelor Dean Martin trying to save Eli Wallach's marriage and, of course, creating more problems and confusion. So ditch Rock and watch Dean instead.