With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

Two widowed people fall in love and marry, unprepared for the hostile reactions of their children.

Director:

Howard Morris

Writers:

Gwen Bagni (screenplay), Paul Dubov (screenplay)

Stars:

Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Doris Day	...	Abby McClure
Brian Keith	...	Jake Iverson
Pat Carroll	...	Maxine Scott
Barbara Hershey	...	Stacey Iverson
George Carlin	...	Herbie Fleck
Alice Ghostley	...	Molly
John Findlater	...	Flip McClure
Elaine Devry	...	Cleo
Herb Voland	...	Harry Scott (as Herbert Voland)
Jamie Farr	...	Jo Jo
William Christopher	...	Zip - Cloud
Milton Frome	...	Bud Young
Allan Melvin	...	Desk Sergeant
Richard Steele	...	Jason McClure
Jimmy Bracken	...	Mitch McClure

Storyline

Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teen-age daughter, get fixed up. They start dating and decide to get married. They're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, especially Jake's daughter Stacy, who wants to be the woman of the house, and Abby's oldest son Flip, who hates Jake.

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Plot Keywords:

widow | widower | matchmaker | marriage | family comedy | 

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Taglines:

Does this look like a movie that could give you bad dreams?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Man in Mommy's Bed

Filming Locations:

Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$10,095,200

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arwin Productions, Cinema Center Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jackie Joseph, Howard Morris and Allan Melvin also were on The Andy Griffith Show (1960) together. Joseph and Morris played love interests. Melvin had eight different roles on the show.

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Goofs

Allan Melvin's first name is misspelled as 'Alan' in the opening credits, but correct in the closing credits.

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Quotes

Abby McClure: The only thing I've never gotten is why parents never run away.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are animated in the style of a series of children's crayon drawings. The Art Director credit is misspelled, comically and deliberately as "ART DER," scratched out, misspelled again as "ART DUR," scratched out again, the entire page is crumpled, and the credit finally appears, correct and not animated, on the following screen.

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Connections

Referenced in The Garfield Show: Planet of Poultry/With Four You Get Pizza (2011)

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Soundtracks

You Make Me Want You
(uncredited)
Music by Robert Mersey
Lyrics by Bob Hilliard

User Reviews

One of the Best Doris Day Movies of All

I absolutely love this movie. People have commented that Doris Day's later movies were not as good as the ones from the early '60s, but I disagree. The storyline here is very engaging, and the characters are superb. I totally lose myself in this movie when I watch it, and I laugh out loud every time. It is fun to follow the timeline of the movie... if you analyze it the entire thing takes place over about 5 months. It begins in June (with Flip and Stacey's graduation), and ends around Halloween (hence the brief appearnces of the Halloween masks). The supporting cast is terrific too, some great old faces that everyone will recognize. If you love the classic comedies of Doris Day, I heartily recommend this one.