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 | food in title | 

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Taglines:

Keeping this family together isn't child's play!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first time Doris Day played a widow with children, a role similar to the character she'd soon play in her CBS sitcom, The Doris Day Show (1968).

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Goofs

Stacey gives Abby the finished to-do list in the bedroom, but when Stacey greets Jake at the front door, she hands him the list.

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Quotes

Jo Jo: [Offering Abby his bikers' help in finding Jake] Saddle up, friends, we shall give thou a hand. That is our bag - to help folks!

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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

Feelings
(uncredited)
Written by R. Coonce, W. Entner, K. Fukomoto
Performed by The Grass Roots

User Reviews

Maybe Doris Day wasn't all bad...

My mom always tells me about how idiotically bad Doris Day's movies were: Day always played wholesome women who never had sex. I guess that Day figured that her final film appearance should be something more realistic. She plays widow Abby McClure, who hooks up with widower Jake Iverson (Brian Keith), and they get really close.

"With Six You Get Eggroll" - so called because of a scene in a Chinese restaurant - seems like a precursor to "The Brady Bunch" (accentuated by the presence of Allan Melvin, who played Alice's hubby Sam in the latter). It's not a great movie by any stretch, but it is pretty humorous in some scenes - namely the "yellow" scene. Also starring are Barbara Hershey, George Carlin, Vic Tayback, and Alice Ghostley (aka Esmerelda on "Bewitched").

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

With Six You Get Eggroll

Filming Locations:

Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,727,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arwin Productions, Cinema Center Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1