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Three Guys Named Mike

  • 19511951
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 30m
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6.2/10
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Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
ComedyMusicRomance
A flight attendant becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman, all of whom are named Mike. After the three find out about one anot... Read allA flight attendant becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman, all of whom are named Mike. After the three find out about one another, she must decide which one she loves the most--which won't be easy.A flight attendant becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman, all of whom are named Mike. After the three find out about one another, she must decide which one she loves the most--which won't be easy.
IMDb RATING
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794
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    • Charles Walters
  • Writers
    • Sidney Sheldon(screen play)
    • Ruth Brooks Flippen(story)
    • Ethel Wells(suggestions)
  • Stars
    • Jane Wyman
    • Van Johnson
    • Howard Keel
    • Charles Walters
  • Writers
    • Sidney Sheldon(screen play)
    • Ruth Brooks Flippen(story)
    • Ethel Wells(suggestions)
  • Stars
    • Jane Wyman
    • Van Johnson
    • Howard Keel
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    • 21User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Van Johnson, Howard Keel, Barry Sullivan, and Jane Wyman in Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
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    Van Johnson, Howard Keel, Barry Sullivan, and Jane Wyman in Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
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    Jane Wyman
    Jane Wyman
    • Marcy Lewis
    Van Johnson
    Van Johnson
    • Michael Lawrence
    Howard Keel
    Howard Keel
    • Mike Jamison
    Barry Sullivan
    Barry Sullivan
    • Mike Tracy
    Phyllis Kirk
    Phyllis Kirk
    • Kathy Hunter
    Anne Sargent
    • Jan Baker
    Jeff Donnell
    Jeff Donnell
    • Alice Raymend
    Herbert Heyes
    Herbert Heyes
    • Scott Bellemy
    Robert Sherwood
    • Benson
    Don McGuire
    Don McGuire
    • MacWade Parker
    Barbara Billingsley
    Barbara Billingsley
    • Ann White
    Hugh Sanders
    Hugh Sanders
    • Mr. Wiliams
    John Maxwell
    John Maxwell
    • Dr. Matthew Hardy
    Lewis Martin
    • C.R. Smith
    Ethel Wells
    • Miss Wells
    • (as Ethel 'Pug' Wells)
    Sydney Mason
    • Osgood
    Joel Allen
    • Airport Worker
    • (uncredited)
    John Alvin
    John Alvin
    • Flight Dispatcher Brown
    • (uncredited)
      • Charles Walters
    • Writers
      • Sidney Sheldon(screen play)
      • Ruth Brooks Flippen(story)
      • Ethel Wells(suggestions)
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    • Trivia
      Barbara Billingsley, who would go on to her arguably most famous role as June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver (1957), shows up as the instructor at stewardess school.
    • Goofs
      When Marcy's plane is landing in Chicago, the tower gives landing instructions for runway 22L however the visual of the plane landing shows runway 4R.
    • Connections
      Edited into Your Afternoon Movie: Three Guys Named Mike (2022)

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    7/10
    Confetti
    Three Guys Named Mike is a pleasant and amusing comedy about an airline stewardess who gets romanced by Three Guys Named Mike. Jane Wyman is the stewardess and she sparkles as usual. The three guys she has to choose from are Van Johnson: research scientist, Howard Keel pilot: and Barry Sullivan advertising executive.

    The story is based on the real life experiences of American Airlines stewardess Ethel Welles who told them to none other than C.R. Smith the charismatic president of American Airlines. He commissioned a story and then a screenplay.

    The resemblances and that's a kind word to RKO's Tom, Dick, and Harry are unmistakable. But in terms of quality of production look at these two films back to back and check the production values from and RKO film to an MGM film. But Jane and her guys do their usual performances and are fine in the parts.

    Howard Keel in his memoir says that in his first screen fight he got a little over enthused and gave Barry Sullivan a mouse over his eye. Keel was not left unbruised either. Neither of these guys were schooled in how to pull punches.

    One thing that surprised me about Three Guys Named Mike was the lack of a nomination for musical score since the instrumental version of it is entitled Confetti. Many orchestras recorded it in the early fifties and the theme was repeated in many MGM productions.

    Three Guys Named Mike holds up well today because the problems of the stewardesses flying today's 747s versus the DC-3s you see here are the same. This film could use a remake, I could see Reese Witherspoon as the one trying to choose between Three Guys Named Mike.
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    • Jan 5, 2011

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    • Release date
      • March 1, 1951 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Black and White

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