Complete credited cast: | |||
Susan Hayward | ... | Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale | |
Kirk Douglas | ... | Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin | |
Paul Stewart | ... | Phil Bentley | |
Jim Backus | ... | Col. Homer W. Gooch | |
John Cromwell | ... | General Daniel A. Grimshaw | |
Roland Winters | ... | Sen. Burdick | |
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Arthur Gould-Porter | ... | Holmes, Dottie's Butler |
Michael Fox | ... | Reporter Laszlo 'Lotzie' Kovach | |
Frank Gerstle | ... | Sgt. Kruger | |
Charles Lane | ... | Bill Hadley |
The head of a large publishing empire is dismayed when a top army general is about to be appointed to an atomic energy committee. She's determined to discredit him prior to the appointment and invites him to spend the weekend at her country home where she's arranged many traps. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
This movie starts out like the kind of romantic comedy that Hollywood often does well. Susan Hayward is a powerful publisher who wants to discredit an army general (Kirk Douglas) in her magazine. For the first part of the movie, while their relationship is more adversarial, the film moves along fine and is both amusing and enjoyable. However, as the relationship changes and the story gets more complicated, the movie starts to run out of steam. This is a strange phenomenon, as one can almost pinpoint the exact moment when the air starts to go out of the balloon.
On the plus side, the film has two top-notch stars and a fine supporting cast including Paul Stewart and Jim Backus. But since, in my opinion, the film gets weaker instead of stronger as it goes along I can only give it a marginal recommendation.