Complete credited cast: | |||
David Niven | ... | Miles Doughton | |
Shirley MacLaine | ... | Meg Wheeler | |
Gig Young | ... | Evan Doughton | |
Rod Taylor | ... | Ross Tayford | |
Jim Backus | ... | Maxwell | |
Claire Kelly | ... | Lisa | |
Elisabeth Fraser | ... | Jennie Boyden | |
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Dodie Heath | ... | Terri Richards (as Dody Heath) |
Read Morgan | ... | Bert | |
Carmen Phillips | ... | Refined young lady |
When Meg Wheeler, a naive young girl, goes to big city looking for a husband she lands a job in a marketing firm run by brothers Miles and Evan Doughton. She convinces stodgy Miles to market her as a potential wife to playboy Evan. Miles plays Pygmalion. Written by A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>
This is one my favourite early Shirley Mc Claine films which didn't really tap her enormous acting talents, but gave the viewer a pleasant look at her comic talent. David Niven is the star of this film and is wonderful as the uptight, sexually oblivious brother of Shirley's love interest, who is of course a complete womanizer and twit. This movie also explores the different personalities of woman and how men react to them and vise versa. Rod Taylor also makes a good and memorable cameo
in the role of Shirley's boyfriend. The soundtrack is nothing special but is forgotten in the wake of the zany events of this film. I definitely recommend this movie to all lovers of predictable and sweet romantic comedies.