The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped(1974)

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- 1h 14m
- January 29, 1974(United States)
- TV Movie
- 6.0/10 (192)

Comedy

As a joke, a small-town beauty queen is hired as a "birthday present" for a magazine publisher.As a joke, a small-town beauty queen is hired as a "birthday present" for a magazine publisher.As a joke, a small-town beauty queen is hired as a "birthday present" for a magazine publisher.
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Writer

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(in alphabetical order)

Susan Silver
Susan Silver

Cast

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Bob Harks
Bob Harks
Restaurant Patron
(uncredited)

Norman Henry
Norman Henry
executive production manager
Al Kraus
Al Kraus
production manager
Russel Wiles
Russel Wiles
post-production supervisor

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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Fred Giles
Fred Giles
assistant director

Art Department

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Gordon Kirschbaum
Gordon Kirschbaum
construction coordinator

Sound Department

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John Oliver
John Oliver
sound engineer

Special Effects

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Dutch Van Derbyl
Dutch Van Derbyl
special effects

Casting Department

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Bert Remsen
Bert Remsen
casting supervisor

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Robert B. Harris
Robert B. Harris
costumes (as Bob Harris)
Shannon Litten
Shannon Litten
costumes (as Shannon Lytten)

Music Department

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Rocky Moriana
Rocky Moriana
music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Doris DeHerdt
Doris DeHerdt
script supervisor

Property Department

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Bob Henderson
Bob Henderson
property master

Additional Crew

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Bob Harks
Bob Harks
stand-in: Richard Long (uncredited)

Distributors

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American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
- (United States, 1974)(original airing, TV)
NHK Sôgô
- (Japan, 1977)(TV)
Showcase Video
- (Australia, 1986)(video)
Twentieth Century Fox

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Chrysler
- (Chrysler vehicles furnished by)
Modern Film Effects
- (titles and opticals)

How to teach a swinging bachelor a lesson about love? As magazine publisher Michael Green celebrates his big 4-0, he finds a bikini-clad Sandy Benson wrapped in a big bow as a birthday present, supposedly courtesy of his drinking buddies. After he trades barbs with the former beauty-pageant winner, they find that they have an attraction of sorts and she sticks around. Romance abounds as this country girl goes looking for romance in the big city in a typical television romantic comedy fashion. —laird-3

gift abc movie of the week prank

Taglines
- What does a man who has everything he thinks he wants get for his fortieth birthday?
Genre
- Comedy
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Trivia
In this movie there is a disdainful reference to Ingrid Bergman as "that woman". This is a joke lost on the present generation, but in 1974 it would have made much more sense. This is a reference to the scandal when Bergman left her husband and daughter to live with Italian director Roberto Rossellini, and give birth to a child out of wedlock.

Goofs
The film's conclusion is set in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but mountains are clearly seen in the distant background.

Quotes
Michael Green: I have this phobia about getting to be 40. I don't know. When you're in your twenties, everybody says "boy genius!" And then when you're in your thirties, "Ah, yes! Young man on the way up!" You get to be forty... zip. Nothin'. No more adjectives. Just a man.