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Sex and the Single Girl

  • 19641964
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 50m
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6.4/10
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Natalie Wood and Tony Curtis in Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
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ComedyRomance
A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
4.3K
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  • Director
    • Richard Quine
  • Writers
    • Helen Gurley Brown(book)
    • Joseph Heller(screenplay)
    • David R. Schwartz(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lauren Bacall
    • Tony Curtis
    • Natalie Wood
  • Director
    • Richard Quine
  • Writers
    • Helen Gurley Brown(book)
    • Joseph Heller(screenplay)
    • David R. Schwartz(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lauren Bacall
    • Tony Curtis
    • Natalie Wood
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Sex and the Single Girl
    Trailer 3:06
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    "Sex And The Single Girl," Natalie Wood & Tony Curtis. 1964/Warner Bros.
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    Natalie Wood for "Sex And The Single Girl,"
    Natalie Wood for "Sex And The Single Girl," 1964.
    Natalie Wood and Tony Curtis in Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
    Natalie Wood and Tony Curtis in Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
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    Natalie Wood in Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
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    Lauren Bacall
    Lauren Bacall
    • Sylvia Broderick
    Tony Curtis
    Tony Curtis
    • Bob Weston
    Natalie Wood
    Natalie Wood
    • Helen Brown
    Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda
    • Frank Broderick
    Mel Ferrer
    Mel Ferrer
    • Rudy De Meyer
    Fran Jeffries
    Fran Jeffries
    • Gretchen
    Leslie Parrish
    Leslie Parrish
    • Susan
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • The Chief
    Larry Storch
    Larry Storch
    • Motorcycle Cop
    Stubby Kaye
    Stubby Kaye
    • Helen's Cabbie
    Howard St. John
    Howard St. John
    • George Randall
    Otto Kruger
    Otto Kruger
    • Dr. Anderson
    Max Showalter
    Max Showalter
    • Holmes
    William Lanteau
    William Lanteau
    • Sylvester
    Helen Kleeb
    Helen Kleeb
    • Hilda
    Curly Klein
    • Sylvia's Cabbie
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    • Count Basie and His Orchestra
    John Alban
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard Quine
    • Writers
      • Helen Gurley Brown(book)
      • Joseph Heller(screenplay)
      • David R. Schwartz(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In her contract for this film, Natalie Wood required Warner Bros. to provide a portable trailer, white cigarette holders from London, oil gardenia from Cairo, days off when she was on her menstrual cycle, and a $160,000 salary.
    • Goofs
      None of the cabs have meters in them.
    • Quotes

      Helen Gurley Brown: You know, when you smile like that, you *do* look like Jack Lemmon!

    • Connections
      Featured in Cinema: Alguns Cortes - Censura III (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Sex And The Single Girl
      by Neal Hefti and Richard Quine

      Title song sung by Fran Jeffries

    User reviews52

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    Clinical Transference, Polygamy, A Wardrobe from Bonwit Teller, and That Thing With The Ear!!!!!!
    It is the revolutionary decade of the 1960's, and you are a successful career girl, a devoted young sex therapist (aka Helen Gurley Brown). The intriguing conundrum being "Does she or doesn't she" You have been ravaged by a salacious tabloid which thrives on malignancy!! It boils down to a choice between a sleazy columnist concealing himself as a married man, (Tony Curtis) or a confidant who is merely seeking a stilted arrangement, (Mel Ferrar) Your clothes are from Bonwit Teller which insinuates that you are masquerading a pretense of sophistication and elusive composure!! Such a wardrobe suggests a disconcerting demeanor about "Being Above Reproach" So!! as a result, sex with whom you think is a married man, (Tony Curtis) is just not in your cosmopolitan repertoire..but then again, he does that "Thing with the Ear"...We are not talking about putting his mouth over it like a pet terrier or a grandparent or something, we are talking about a "penetrating slither"... Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda's marital problems are what instigate the plot in this movie!! Tony Curtis pretends to be Frank Broderick,(Henry Fonda's character) with ulterior motives to unearth a gossip ridden story about a prominent therapist's (Natalie Wood) virginity status!! An oversexed male who delves into the recreation of sexual depravity is callous in his rudimentary pursuit of "basic needs". These urges are best paralleled with feeding time at the zoo!! While you are at the zoo, you might want to check up on how this evolutionary ladder thing is progressing!! Cleverly receiving an invitation to her apartment, she (Natalie Wood) thinks this for purposes of acting as a therapist and assuming a surrogate role, anything to help, right? How foolish!! Tony Curtis winds up wearing an upper middle class woman's bathrobe (fondly reminiscing about the days of "Some like it Hot") and now!! it is time to get down to business!! The bottom of the earlobe is everyone's nemesis, and not just a sexual deviate's!! Heavy breathing on your ear, especially after a couple of martinis, gives your professional resolve all the longevity of a Popsicle on a hot July afternoon!! Your befuddled verbosity which contains an onslaught of analytical euphemisms is a subterfuge for your maverick curiosity, and that pejorative confusion inevitably translates to your desire for "Sex"!! Everyone lights a cigarette while they have another cigarette going already!! This precarious mannerism purports a potpourri of falsehoods everybody seems comfortable with!! Lying about things has now become second nature to people, as a matter of fact, it is kind of fun!! This allegedly married man you are cavorting with has a good head on his shoulders, but he is not thinking with his head...What he is thinking with is not very swift at all!! BELIEVE ME!! Such a lewd fiasco comprises the aggregate compendium of you as the prototype for woman's liberation in the 1960's!! Finally, recrimination has evoked a bittersweet awakening to you!! It is now become very obvious to you that first hand consequences are dreadfully different from that article you read in Reader's Digest" on "THE DON JUAN COMPLEX" To top it all off, you fall in love!! Natalie Wood is sensational in this role...Originally known as the adorable little girl on "Miracle on 34th St" not much has changed since then!! She may still believe in Santa Claus because he is the only man who keeps his promises!!

    The movie "Sex and the Single Girl" has an amazing array of talent, Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Lauren Bacall, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrar, and a whole list of others!! It depicts a scenario that the sexual revolution comes in blue and pink, and it is here to stay for good and keeps, it is just a matter of how effective and ubiquitous it will be on the various individuals involved!! Body parts like knees and ear lobes are vulnerabilities for the consummate carnal's double-entendre!! This film amusingly resonates itself to a common sixties style movie, and winds up having a matchmaker's version of a happy ending!! Most significantly, everybody has flippantly and metaphorically acknowledged that Eve ate the apple. the Greeks were indeed, perverted, and a person by the name of Sigmund Freud did actually exist!! Funny movie!!! Why? It is a comically realistic illustration of men's over active hormones that are incorporated into a screwball comedy!!...I liked this movie!!
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    • Release date
      • December 25, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Seks i samostalna djevojka
    • Filming locations
      • Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA(long chase sequence, through Sepulveda Pass, alongside the 405 Freeway)
    • Production companies
      • Richard Quine Productions
      • Reynard Productions
      • Fernwood Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,490
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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