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The Gazebo

  • 19591959
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 40m
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6.8/10
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Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, and Herman in The Gazebo (1959)
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.
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TV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.TV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.TV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.
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    • George Marshall
    • George Wells(screen play)
    • Alec Coppel(play "The Gazebo")
    • Myra Coppel(story)
  • Stars
    • Glenn Ford
    • Debbie Reynolds
    • Carl Reiner
    • George Marshall
    • George Wells(screen play)
    • Alec Coppel(play "The Gazebo")
    • Myra Coppel(story)
  • Stars
    • Glenn Ford
    • Debbie Reynolds
    • Carl Reiner
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Trailer 2:30
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    Photos23

    Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds in The Gazebo (1959)
    Martin Landau, Debbie Reynolds, and Dick Wessel in The Gazebo (1959)
    Martin Landau, Debbie Reynolds, and Dick Wessel in The Gazebo (1959)
    Martin Landau, Debbie Reynolds, and Dick Wessel in The Gazebo (1959)
    Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, and Carl Reiner in The Gazebo (1959)
    Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, and Herman in The Gazebo (1959)
    Debbie Reynolds in The Gazebo (1959)
    Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, and Herman in The Gazebo (1959)
    Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, and Carl Reiner in The Gazebo (1959)
    The Gazebo (1959)
    Glenn Ford in The Gazebo (1959)
    Glenn Ford in The Gazebo (1959)

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    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Elliott Nash
    Debbie Reynolds
    Debbie Reynolds
    • Nell Nash
    Carl Reiner
    Carl Reiner
    • Harlow Edison
    John McGiver
    John McGiver
    • Sam Thorpe
    Mabel Albertson
    Mabel Albertson
    • Miss Chandler
    Doro Merande
    Doro Merande
    • Matilda
    Bert Freed
    Bert Freed
    • Lt. Joe Jenkins
    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • The Duke
    Robert Ellenstein
    Robert Ellenstein
    • Ben
    Dick Wessel
    Dick Wessel
    • Louis the Louse
    • (as Richard Wessel)
    Herman
    • Herman the Pigeon
    Stanley Adams
    Stanley Adams
    • Dan Shelby
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Don Anderson
    Don Anderson
    • Television Technician in Booth
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Coogan
    Gene Coogan
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Dugan
    • First Engineer
    • (uncredited)
    Meurisse Duree
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Franklyn Farnum
    Franklyn Farnum
    • Television Technician in Booth
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Ford
    • TV Page Boy
    • (uncredited)
      • George Marshall
      • George Wells(screen play)
      • Alec Coppel(play "The Gazebo") (story)
      • Myra Coppel(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Peter Ford, son of Glenn Ford, and his former wife, dancer-actress Eleanor Powell.
    • Goofs
      The blackmailer is scheduled to arrive at the house at 10:00pm. After Elliot shoots him and is preparing to dispose of the body Miss Chandler arrives with clients to show the house late at night.
    • Quotes

      The Duke: Your husband knocked him off!

      Nell Nash: Don't be silly! My husband's the kind of man who takes cheese from mouse traps so the mice don't get hurt!

      The Duke: I didn't say he knocked off a mouse, I said he knocked off Joe!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Head Above Water (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Something Called Love
      Written by Walter Kent and Walton Farrar

      Performed by Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)

      [Nell performs the song in her show]

    User reviews36

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    7/10
    Clever Comedy With A "Killer" Twist
    Glenn Ford is the producer of a television mystery series who attempts to protect his Broadway star wife (Debbie Reynolds) from a blackmailer--and decides to eliminate the blackmailer via a murder plot suggested by his own series. The result is a comic chaos involving a couple of gangsters, a peculiar pigeon, and the gazebo his wife is having built on their country property.

    Based on the play of the same name, THE GAZEBO strives for a mix of broad farce, screwball comedy, and sprightly sophistication--and by and large brings it off quite well. I have never been a great fan of Glenn Ford, but he manages both the broad physical comedy and the clever dialogue of this film with equal ease. Debbie Reynolds is also quite good in the role of the stage-star wife, and she and Ford have a surprisingly successful chemistry. Although the humor is more smile-and-chuckle than laugh-out-loud, THE GAZEBO is a well made, well acted, and quite enjoyable. Recommended.

    Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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    • gftbiloxi
    • May 16, 2005

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    • Release date
      • January 1960 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Avon Productions (II)
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Black and White

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