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Pillow Talk

  • 19591959
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
18K
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Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk (1959)
Trailer for the hit comedy Pillow Talk starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson
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ComedyRomance
An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
18K
YOUR RATING
    • Michael Gordon
  • Writers
    • Stanley Shapiro(screenplay)
    • Maurice Richlin(screenplay)
    • Russell Rouse(story)
  • Stars
    • Rock Hudson
    • Doris Day
    • Tony Randall
    • Michael Gordon
  • Writers
    • Stanley Shapiro(screenplay)
    • Maurice Richlin(screenplay)
    • Russell Rouse(story)
  • Stars
    • Rock Hudson
    • Doris Day
    • Tony Randall
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 111User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Pillow Talk
    Trailer 2:21
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    Doris Day and Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk (1959)
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    Doris Day in Pillow Talk (1959)
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    Doris Day "Pillow Talk" 1959 Universal
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    Doris Day, Rock Hudson "Pillow Talk" 1959 Universal
    Doris Day, Rock Hudson "Pillow Talk" 1959 Universal
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    Doris Day at an event for Pillow Talk (1959)
    "Pillow Talk" Premiere Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall

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    Rock Hudson
    Rock Hudson
    • Brad Allen
    Doris Day
    Doris Day
    • Jan Morrow
    Tony Randall
    Tony Randall
    • Jonathan Forbes
    Thelma Ritter
    Thelma Ritter
    • Alma
    Nick Adams
    Nick Adams
    • Tony Walters
    Julia Meade
    Julia Meade
    • Marie
    Allen Jenkins
    Allen Jenkins
    • Harry
    Marcel Dalio
    Marcel Dalio
    • Pierot
    Lee Patrick
    Lee Patrick
    • Mrs. Walters
    Mary McCarty
    Mary McCarty
    • Nurse Resnick
    Alex Gerry
    Alex Gerry
    • Dr. A.C. Maxwell
    Hayden Rorke
    Hayden Rorke
    • Mr. Conrad
    Valerie Allen
    Valerie Allen
    • Eileen
    Jacqueline Beer
    Jacqueline Beer
    • Yvette
    Arlen Stuart
    • Tilda
    Perry Blackwell
    Perry Blackwell
    • Perry
    Robert B. Williams
    Robert B. Williams
    • Mr. Graham
    Muriel Landers
    Muriel Landers
    • Moose Taggett
      • Michael Gordon
    • Writers
      • Stanley Shapiro(screenplay)
      • Maurice Richlin(screenplay)
      • Russell Rouse(story)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Ross Hunter wrote that after he made this film, no theatre managers wanted to book it. Popular movie themes at the time were war films, westerns, and spectacles. Hunter was told by the big movie chains that sophisticated comedies like this movie went out with William Powell. They also believed that Doris Day and Rock Hudson were things of the past and had been overtaken by newer stars. Hunter persuaded Sol Schwartz, who owned the Palace Theatre in New York, to book the film for a two-week run, and it was a smash hit. The public had been starved for romantic comedy, and theatre owners who had previously turned down Hunter now had to deal with him on HIS terms.
    • Goofs
      A party line phone would not ring when any phone on the line was off the hook. To call another phone on the same line, a special code was dialed, then the phone was hung up which would cause the originating phone to start ringing. When the phone stopped ringing, the caller would know that the other party had answered. This is not how Brad does it.
    • Quotes

      Hotel clerk: There's no phone number, but I have a forwarding address.

      Jonathan Forbes: 241 Stoneybrook Road.

      Hotel clerk: Why yes sir.

      Jonathan Forbes: [slams counter] And you let her go.

      Hotel clerk: Well, it wasn't my place...

      Jonathan Forbes: No, it's my place, and I helped him pack.

    • Crazy credits
      As Doris Day sings 'Pillow Talk' over the closing credits, the film finishes with 'the end' on two horizontal pillows followed by 'not quite', 'not quite', 'not quite', 'not quite' stacked vertically on four pillows.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Pillow Talk
      Words and Music by Buddy Pepper and Inez James

      Performed by Doris Day (uncredited)

    User reviews111

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Delightful Romantic Comedy
    In New York, the interior decorator Jan Morrow (Doris Day) and the wolf composer Brad Allen (Rock Hudson) share a party line, but Brad keeps it busy most of the time flirting with his girlfriends. They do not know each other but Jan hates Brad since she needs the telephone for her business and can not use it.

    Coincidently Jan's wealthy client Jonathan Forbes (Tony Randall) that woos her is the best friend of Brad and he comments with him that he feels an unrequited love for Jan, who is a gorgeous woman. When Brad meets Jan by chance in a restaurant, he poses as a naive tourist from Texas named Rex Stetson and seduces her. But Jonathan hires a private eye to find who Rex Stetson is.

    "Pillow Talk" is a delightful romantic comedy that improved my Saturday afternoon. This is the first time that I watch this movie and Doris Day and Rock Hudson show a great chemistry. But Thelma Ritter steals the movie in the role of the alcoholic housemaid Alma. The gags with the nurse and the obstetrician are also hilarious. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "Confidências à Meia-Noite" ("Confidences at Midnight")
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    • Release date
      • October 7, 1959 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Arwin Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 42 minutes

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