All in a Night's Work (1961)

Tony Ryder takes over his dead uncle's media empire while trying to keep quiet the mysterious circumstances of his death in a Palm Beach hotel room.

Director:

Joseph Anthony

Writers:

Edmund Beloin (screenplay), Maurice Richlin (screenplay)

Stars:

Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertson

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dean Martin	...	Tony Ryder
Shirley MacLaine	...	Katie Robbins
Cliff Robertson	...	Warren Kingsley, Jr.
Charles Ruggles	...	Dr. Warren Kingsley Sr. (as Charlie Ruggles)
Norma Crane	...	Marge Coombs
Jack Weston	...	Lasker
John Hudson	...	Harry Lane
Jerome Cowan	...	Sam Weaver
Gale Gordon	...	Oliver Dunning
Ralph Dumke	...	Baker
Mabel Albertson	...	Mrs. Kingsley Sr.
Rex Evans	...	Carter
Mary Treen	...	Miss Schuster
Roy Gordon	...	Albright
Ian Wolfe	...	O'Hara

Storyline

Colonel Ryder, the publisher of a magazine, dies while on vacation. Tony, his swinging nephew, inherits the magazine and takes over. Presently, the magazine is planning to expand and to do so they need some capital. Tony's trying to arrange a loan through his friend. He is then informed by the hotel detective of the hotel that his uncle died in, that on the night of his death, a woman, wearing only a towel, came out of his room, and ran away before the detective could catch up with her. They suspect that the Colonel was "with" her on the night he died, cause he was smiling when he died. Tony and two of his uncle's confidants are worried that not only if the bank hears of this they will not get the loan but the magazine wholesome image could be tarnished. So they ask the detective to stay around so he could identify her. What they don't know is that the woman is Katie Robbins, one of the magazine's researchers and that she entered the room by "accident". When the detective identifies ...

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | based on play | new york city | hotel room | hotel detective | 

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Taglines:

It's nice work - and you can get it!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, TX, 1996.

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Goofs

When Dr. Warren Kingsley Sr. and Mrs. Kingsley visit at Katie's home the shadow of the microphone is visible on the wall.

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Quotes

Katie Robbins: Congratulations are in order for me. I am the ten-millionth lady to cross this bridge!

User Reviews

Romantic comedy at its finest!!!!!!!

All in a nights work shows everything I love to watch in a movie. Its fun, sassy and has the great one liner, Oh Mr Ryder. Dean Martin and Shirley Maclaine have obvious chemistry in this flick and its just a classic example of how romance used to exist. Although it is a typical mistaken Identity plot for a film of its age it has more wit than others seen at that time. Dean Martin really shows in this film his sophistication as an actor and is at all times Mr Cool. Shirley Maclaine is an actress I have never really watched in the past but she sparkles in this. The ending would have to be my favourite scene, I love this movie and its a classic I can watch again and again.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

All in a Night's Work

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wallis-Hazen

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1