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High Time

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  • 1h 43m
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6.1/10
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High Time (1960)
Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Resisting the easy path, he insists on not receiving preferential treatment, and lives in a dorm like the other students despite the disapproval of his grown son and daughter. As the years pass, and he gets involved in study sessions, fraternity initiations, and sporting events, he begins falling in love with Professor Gautier, the French teacher, but doesn't consider re-marrying appropriate.
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Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Resisting the easy path, he insists on not receiving preferential treatment, and lives in a dorm... Read allWidower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Resisting the easy path, he insists on not receiving preferential treatment, and lives in a dorm like the other students despite the disapproval of his grown son and daughter. As the yea... Read allWidower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Resisting the easy path, he insists on not receiving preferential treatment, and lives in a dorm like the other students despite the disapproval of his grown son and daughter. As the years pass, and he gets involved in study sessions, fraternity initiations, and sporting even... Read all
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    • Blake Edwards
  • Writers
    • Tom Waldman(screenplay)
    • Frank Waldman(screenplay)
    • Garson Kanin(based on a story by)
  • Stars
    • Bing Crosby
    • Fabian
    • Tuesday Weld
    • Blake Edwards
  • Writers
    • Tom Waldman(screenplay)
    • Frank Waldman(screenplay)
    • Garson Kanin(based on a story by)
  • Stars
    • Bing Crosby
    • Fabian
    • Tuesday Weld
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 24User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Photos23

    Bing Crosby and Tuesday Weld in High Time (1960)
    Bing Crosby and Fabian in High Time (1960)
    Bing Crosby and Tuesday Weld in High Time (1960)
    Richard Beymer, Bing Crosby, and Tuesday Weld in High Time (1960)
    Richard Beymer and Tuesday Weld in High Time (1960)
    Richard Beymer, Bing Crosby, Tuesday Weld, Fabian, Patrick Adiarte, Yvonne Craig, and Nicole Maurey in High Time (1960)
    Tuesday Weld and Fabian in High Time (1960)
    Tuesday Weld and Fabian in High Time (1960)
    Tuesday Weld and Fabian in High Time (1960)
    Tuesday Weld and Fabian in High Time (1960)
    Tuesday Weld and Fabian in High Time (1960)
    Richard Beymer, Bing Crosby, and Tuesday Weld in High Time (1960)

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    Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    • Harvey Howard
    Fabian
    Fabian
    • Gil Sparrow
    Tuesday Weld
    Tuesday Weld
    • Joy Elder
    Nicole Maurey
    Nicole Maurey
    • Prof. Helene Gauthier
    Richard Beymer
    Richard Beymer
    • Bob Bannerman
    Patrick Adiarte
    Patrick Adiarte
    • T.J. Padmanagham
    Jimmy Boyd
    Jimmy Boyd
    • Robert Higgson
    Yvonne Craig
    Yvonne Craig
    • Randy 'Scoop' Pruitt
    Gavin MacLeod
    Gavin MacLeod
    • Professor Thayer
    Kenneth MacKenna
    Kenneth MacKenna
    • President Byrne of Pinehurst
    Nina Shipman
    Nina Shipman
    • Laura Howard
    Harold Ayer
    Harold Ayer
    • Student
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Baya
    • Band Leader
    • (uncredited)
    Carla Borelli
    Carla Borelli
    • Harvey Jr.'s Date at Ball
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Harvey's Chauffeur
    • (uncredited)
    Alvin Childress
    • Guest Announcer at Judge Carter's Ball
    • (uncredited)
    Donald Cockburn
    • Basketball Coach
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Crockett
    Dick Crockett
    • Bones McKinney
    • (uncredited)
      • Blake Edwards
    • Writers
      • Tom Waldman(screenplay)
      • Frank Waldman(screenplay)
      • Garson Kanin(based on a story by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Under the working title "Big Daddy", this film was originally planned as a vehicle for Gary Cooper. When Cooper's terminal illness prevented his appearing, Bing Crosby was brought in and the script revised to suit his talents.
    • Goofs
      At freshman registration, Harvey Howard states he is 51 years old, high school graduating class of 1929. He is registering for the college class of 1960, entering freshman year in 1956, subtract 51 years and he would be born in 1905. If he graduated high school in 1929 he would have been 24 years old when he graduated.
    • Quotes

      Harvey Howard: I was trying to prove that age isn't a matter of years, but of zest. Isn't every waking day a lifetime, and aren't we reborn every morning?

    • Connections
      Remade as Back to School (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      The Second Time Around
      Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

      Music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)

    User reviews24

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    8/10
    Bing With Younger Generation
    This is one of the best Bing Crosby's later films. He only gets to sing two songs in it, The Second Time Around and It Came Upon A Midnight Clear during a Christmas hayride with some of the rest of his younger cast members.

    Bing is 53 year old Harvey Howard, self made millionaire restaurant franchise owner, who's decided to go back and do a lot of the things he missed when he was younger which included a college education. That in itself is an intriguing character for me. I've met a lot of self made types in my life who think because they are successful and make a lot of money in one field, they're omni-competent. Just the fact that Harvey Howard IS going back to college to improve himself intellectually and broaden his horizons is a plus for me with this character.

    I read an interview with Fabian once who said that Bing was great to work with and put him right at ease. Fabian had just done one feature film called Hound Dog Man and it was less than a success. After High Time he went on to a pretty good career in films during the sixties.

    The Second Time Around was the last of 15 songs that Bing introduced in films that was nominated for an Academy Award, a record not likely to be broken. It lost to Never On Sunday. It was a million selling song, but ironically not by Bing. Frank Sinatra took the song and he made it a big hit, probably the only time in Bing's career this ever happened.

    The kids are just fine, Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Richard Beymer (a year away from West Side Story)Patrick Adiarte. Gavin MacLeod has some very funny moments as Bing's comic nemesis and absent minded chemistry professor and Nicole Maurey strikes the right note as the French teacher that widower Crosby falls for.

    A really great feel good movie.
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    • Apr 25, 2004

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 1960 (South Africa)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Squaw Valley, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Bing Crosby Productions
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    • 1 hour 43 minutes

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