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19 June 1968 (USA) moreTagline:
Oh, the liberties that were taken the night New York flipped its fuse... and became "Fun City"! morePlot:
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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One of Doris Day's worst comedies uses thin material... moreCast
(Credited cast)| Doris Day | ... | Margaret Garrison | |
| Robert Morse | ... | Waldo Zirrer | |
| Terry-Thomas | ... | Ladislaus Walichek | |
| Patrick O'Neal | ... | Peter Garrison | |
| Lola Albright | ... | Roberta Lane | |
| Steve Allen | ... | Radio Announcer | |
| Jim Backus | ... | Tru-Blue Lou | |
| Ben Blue | ... | Man with a razor | |
| Pat Paulsen | ... | Conductor | |
| Dale Malone | ... | Otis J. Hendershot Jr | |
| Robert Emhardt | ... | Otis J. Hendershot Sr | |
| Harry Hickox | ... | Detective Captain | |
| Parley Baer | ... | Dr. Dudley Caldwell | |
| Randy Whipple | ... | Marvin Reinholtz | |
| Earl Wilson | ... | Himself |
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Loosely based on the actual New York City blackout of November 1965 moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: At the beginning, when the man walks past the subway station, there is a noticeable jump in the film, before the tiger emerges from the subway. moreSoundtrack:
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Only the most ardent DORIS DAY fan could find this one even bearable to watch. When one thinks of the wealth of material available for a story about New York City's most famous blackout, a film that could have dealt with numerous real-life stories of what people had to cope with, this scrapes the bottom of the barrel for lack of story-telling originality.
Once again Doris is indignant because she suspects she may have been compromised on the night of the blackout when she returned to her Connecticut lodgings, took a sleeping potion and woke up in the morning with a man who had done the same, wandering into the house by mistake.
Nobody is able to salvage this mess--not Doris, not ROBERT MORSE, TERRY-THOMAS, PATRICK O'NEAL or LOLA ALBRIGHT. As directed by Hy Averback, it's the weakest vehicle Day found herself in, committed to do the film because of her husband's machinations and unable to get out of it. Too bad.