The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)

An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job.

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Writers:

William Peter Blatty (screenplay) (as Bill Blatty), William Peter Blatty (story) (as Bill Blatty)

Stars:

Danny Kaye, Cara Williams, Martha Hyer

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Danny Kaye	...	Ernest Klenk
Cara Williams	...	Sugar Pye
Martha Hyer	...	Lucy
Telly Savalas	...	Foots Pulardos
Everett Sloane	...	Mr. Martindale
Kaye Stevens	...	Bea Frampton
Howard Caine	...	Claude Bassanio
George Kennedy	...	George
Jay Novello	...	Mooseghian
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Ella Trask
Ronald Long	...	Minister

Storyline

An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job.

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Plot Keywords:

diner's club | mobster | credit card | gym | blond | 

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Taglines:

The wildest screen comedy of the year!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

First screenplay credit for William Peter Blatty, previously known as an author of humorous books.

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Goofs

In the closing chase scene, when the boss pulls away from the church, several crew members are reflected in the side of the car, including someone wearing very white shoes.

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Quotes

Spinster: There's a dumb body in my dead waiter!

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Connections

References From Here to Eternity (1953)

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Soundtracks

Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Music by Richard Wagner
Played at the wedding rehearsal
Reprised in the score when Lucy ring a bell

User Reviews

Slower moving than I remembered it

This may be (I only did a little research) Danny Kaye's final lead role in the movies, yet comes only a few years after our favorite Danny Kaye movie, Me And The Colonel. I enjoyed The Man From the Diner's Club when I first watched it, which must have been whenever it arrived on television after its release in 1962-63 (when I was nine years old).

Seen today, the movie generally moves too slowly, especially in the beginning, as if most of the movie is a set up for the final climax and resolution. Yet the movie never quite catches fire, perhaps held back by the reliance on the familiar Danny Kaye "schtick", which by this point in his career must have been very familiar to theater goers.

We watched it during the Christmas holiday, 2015, as I wanted to share my decades old fondness for the film with my best friend, who gradually warmed to the movie as it developed.

But for me, a dyed in the wool Danny Kaye fan, the film stayed slow until the end.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 May 1963 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Der Mann vom Diners Club

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dena Productions, Ampersand

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 91 min (Cinemax)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1