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The Glass Bottom Boat

  • 19661966
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
4.7K
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The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
A way-out world of space and spies in this trailer
Play trailer2:46
1 Video
29 Photos
  • Comedy
  • Romance
After a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect his new girlfriend is a Russian spy.After a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect his new girlfriend is a Russian spy.After a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect his new girlfriend is a Russian spy.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
4.7K
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  • Director
    • Frank Tashlin
  • Writer
    • Everett Freeman
  • Stars
    • Doris Day
    • Rod Taylor
    • Arthur Godfrey
Top credits
  • Director
    • Frank Tashlin
  • Writer
    • Everett Freeman
  • Stars
    • Doris Day
    • Rod Taylor
    • Arthur Godfrey
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 60User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos1

    The Glass Bottom Boat
    Trailer 2:46
    The Glass Bottom Boat

    Photos29

    Doris Day and Alice Pearce in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day and Rod Taylor in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day and Arthur Godfrey in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day and Dom DeLuise in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day and Dom DeLuise in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day and Rod Taylor in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    "Glass Bottom Boat" Doris Day in a publicity still for the movie 1967 20th Century Fox
    Doris Day in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
    Doris Day and Rod Taylor in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

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    Doris Day
    Doris Day
    • Jennifer Nelsonas Jennifer Nelson
    Rod Taylor
    Rod Taylor
    • Bruce Templetonas Bruce Templeton
    Arthur Godfrey
    Arthur Godfrey
    • Axel Nordstromas Axel Nordstrom
    John McGiver
    John McGiver
    • Ralph Goodwinas Ralph Goodwin
    Paul Lynde
    Paul Lynde
    • Homer Crippsas Homer Cripps
    Edward Andrews
    Edward Andrews
    • Gen. Wallace Bleeckeras Gen. Wallace Bleecker
    Eric Fleming
    Eric Fleming
    • Edgar Hillas Edgar Hill
    Dom DeLuise
    Dom DeLuise
    • Julius Pritteras Julius Pritter
    • (as Dom De Luise)
    Dick Martin
    Dick Martin
    • Zack Molloyas Zack Molloy
    Elisabeth Fraser
    Elisabeth Fraser
    • Nina Baileyas Nina Bailey
    George Tobias
    George Tobias
    • Mr. Fenimoreas Mr. Fenimore
    Alice Pearce
    Alice Pearce
    • Mrs. Fenimoreas Mrs. Fenimore
    Ellen Corby
    Ellen Corby
    • Anna Milleras Anna Miller
    Dee J. Thompson
    • Donnaas Donna
    Richard Alden
    Richard Alden
    • Executiveas Executive
    • (uncredited)
    Don Anderson
    Don Anderson
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Anfinsen
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Shirley Anthony
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Frank Tashlin
    • Writer
      • Everett Freeman
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Robert Vaughn: briefly appears in his central role of "Napoleon Solo" from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) at the party, with a snatch of that show's theme music on the soundtrack. The same music is heard when Homer Cripps goes undercover in drag. Theodore Marcuse played three different guest characters on that show. Dom DeLuise appeared on the spin-off The Danish Blue Affair (1966).
    • Goofs
      Wires are visible in both scenes set in the NASA anti-gravity chamber; first on the test astronaut and, again, when Jennifer accidentally enters the room.
    • Quotes

      Bruce Templeton: Are you or are you not the girl in the glass bottom boat?

      Jennifer Nelson: I are?

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits: The events, characters and firms depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual firms, is purely coincidental.
    • Connections
      Edited into Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      The Glass Bottom Boat
      by Joe Lubin

      Performed by Doris Day and Arthur Godfrey (uncredited)

    User reviews60

    Review
    Top review
    Will spying spoil Mermaid Hunter?
    This film has its moments of great screwball comedy, and Tashlin seems to keep alive the finesse and sophistication of a Hawks, McCarey or LaCava. The story built around the attraction between two opposite individuals never reach the sublime heights of `Bringing up Baby' –needles to say, Taylor and Day aren't Grant and Hepburn-, and it seems that this film greatest problem is not to dare going too far in its craze, as other Tashlin's films like `Rock Hunter' or `Artists and Models' did. Probably the cause is the plot dealing with the cold war, a subject pretty much on the focus at the time. Now and them you feel that the director is doing a sort of journalism through a territory that doesn't suit him as good as Hollywood and its superficiality, for example. But Tashlin always manages to insert his comments about the decadence of American life, a circumstance that not even the fanciest of technology can hide. In his anarchic fashion, Tashlin's films counterpart Douglas Sirk's melodramas. Both are about the same, but the path chosen to express its vision are opposite.

    This film has a wonderful use of color, an admirable pacing and a freshness rarely seen in the studio comedies of the time (the singing scene in the boat looks totally improvised). But if Tashlin's background as a cartoonist often contributes to his creative ability to take situations beyond the edge, and to destroy a stiff established order, very seldom this very quality can work against him. And this is what happens with all the bad guys in this film. They are a mere caricature, and one can never feel them as a serious threat. The theme demanded something more serious, and these clumsy amateurs certainly fail.

    Anyway, watch the film and sing the title's tune; it'll remain with you for ages.
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    • TheFerryman
    • May 21, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 9, 1966 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Spy in Lace Panties
    • Filming locations
      • 1261 Angelo Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Arwin Productions
      • Reame Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,200,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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