In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To ...
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Cast
| Credited cast: | |||
| Tony Curtis | ... | David Wilson | |
| Dean Martin | ... | Michael Haney | |
| Janet Leigh | ... | Ann Wilson | |
| James Whitmore | ... | Harry Powell | |
| John McIntire | ... | Bob Doyle | |
| Barbara Nichols | ... | Gloria Coogle | |
| Larry Keating | ... | Parker | |
| Larry Storch | ... | Orenov | |
| Simon Oakland | ... | Belka | |
| Joi Lansing | ... | Florence Coogle | |
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Barbara Hines | ... | Foreign Exchange Student |
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Marion Javits | ... | Miss Mellish |
| Mike Lane | ... | Glinka (as Michael Lane) | |
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In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and later real FBI agents and enemy spies become involved in the scheme. Written by alfiehitchie
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A perfectly natural question for a wife to ask...but the FBI is making a federal case out of it! See more »Parents Guide:
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8 April 1960 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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Shirley Maclaine was originally supposed to star but she changed her mind, and made " Can -Can" with Frank Sinatra instead. See more »Goofs
While in the elevator, Orenov says that there are three basements in the Empire State Building. In actual fact, there is only one. An operative such as Orenov would be acutely aware of the set-up of a building they are using to conduct an operation. See more »Quotes
Michael Haney: [pointing to a pair of voluptuous dames] Get a load of how those girls are assembled...See more »
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Tony Curtis physically rips the title off the screen. See more »Soundtracks
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"Who was That Lady" is an amazingly creative comedy.Tony Curtis is a loving husband with a beautiful but very jealous wife.His best friend Dean Martin is hysterical! These two men plot to relieve Tony's wife Janet Leigh of her jealous suspicions with the most outrageous fabrications ever invented. I don't want to give away all the fun, but you have to see the number of schemes Dean Martin comes up with and she continually is more proud of her husband, an innocent professor,who was seen by his wife being kissed by a female as she leaves class.Janet Leigh wants to know who was that lady kissing you and why,she then decides to just leave him.So he goes to his womanizing buddy for advise. He's desperate therefore takes some crazy idea and tells her he's doing work undercover for the govt..Some real spy's over hear and trouble ensues.