With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teen-age daughter, get fixed up. They start dating and decide to get married. They're not prepared for the hostile ... See full summary »

Director:

Howard Morris

Writers:

Gwen Bagni (screenplay), Paul Dubov (screenplay),

Stars:

Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Doris Day	...	Abby McClure
Brian Keith	...	Jake Iverson
Pat Carroll	...	Maxine Scott
Barbara Hershey	...	Stacey Iverson
George Carlin	...	Herbie Fleck
Alice Ghostley	...	Molly
John Findlater	...	Flip McClure
Elaine Devry	...	Cleo Ruskin
Herb Voland	...	Harry Scott (as Herbert Voland)
Jamie Farr	...	Jo Jo
William Christopher	...	Zip (Cloud)
Milton Frome	...	Bud Young
Allan Melvin	...	Desk Sergeant
Richard Steele	...	Jason McClure
Jimmy Bracken	...	Mitch McClure

Storyline

Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teen-age daughter, get fixed up. They start dating and decide to get married. They're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, especially Jake's daughter Stacy, who wants to be the woman of the house, and Abby's oldest son Flip, who hates Jake.

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Plot Keywords:

widow | matchmaker | marriage | widower | quarrel | 

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Taglines:

Keeping this family together isn't child's play!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Man in Mommy's Bed

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arwin Productions, Cinema Center Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joe Besser was originally cast as the chicken delivery driver, and filmed his scenes, but director Morris recast the role with Vic Tayback.

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Goofs

In the scene in the nightclub, there's a mismatched cut of Doris. In a three-shot, she has her chin in her hand. When we cut immediately to a close-up, her hands are clasped together in front of her.

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Quotes

Abby McClure: Pretty, huh. Why shouldn't he date a young chick? Why take the bus when you can fly?

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are animated in the style of a series of children's crayon drawings. The Art Director credit is misspelled, comically and deliberately as "ART DER," scratched out, misspelled again as "ART DUR," scratched out again, the entire page is crumpled, and the credit finally appears, correct and not animated, on the following screen.

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Connections

Spoofed in With Sex You Get Eggroll (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Feelings"
Written by R. Coonce, W. Entner, K. Fukomoto
Performed by The Grassroots

User Reviews

Doris Day vs. Lucille Ball: I vote Doris!

This fun family film came out just a few months after Henry Fonda and Lucy's "Yours, Mine and Ours". As a youngster, I liked the latter movie much better because it was FULL of kids (18 to be exact). Nowadays, that picture gives me a headache and I avoid it at all costs. "Eggroll" creates the same step-family tension and only utilizes 4 children. What a bargain! Besides that, Doris Day wafts through this sitcom like a spring daisy. She was probably in her mid-40s here (and in her last movie to date), but she's fresh and lively and funny in this film. I loved it when she spies Brian Keith in a go-go club with a young "chick" (his daughter) and says to Pat Carroll: "Why shouldn't he date her? Why take a bus when you can fly?" There are big laughs and some thoughtful scenes and I enjoyed them--until the final 15 minutes when the picture goes to hell in a handbasket. Into this semi-realistic brew of changing houses and learning to love comes hippies, bikers, a chicken-truck driver, and Brian Keith in his boxer shorts. It's a ridiculous turn of events, and almost mitigates the sweet nature of the main characters. Nothing can derail Doris, though: she's so grounded in reality that you buy every emotion, every double-take, every line of dialogue. She's one of Hollywood's most underrated actresses. This piece of fluff proves it. It may be "With Six You Get Eggroll", but DD plays it like it's "Love Me Or Leave Me". **1/2 from ****