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Writers:
Sylvia Fine (lyrics)
F. Hugh Herbert (play)
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Release Date:
8 July 1953 (USA) more
Tagline:
Sensationally Funny -- Recommended for Adults. more
Plot:
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
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Cast
(Credited cast) | William Holden | ... | Donald Gresham |
 | David Niven | ... | David Slater |
 | Maggie McNamara | ... | Patty O'Neill |
| Tom Tully | ... | Michael O'Neill |
| Dawn Addams | ... | Cynthia Slater |
| Fortunio Bonanova | ... | Television performer |
| Gregory Ratoff | ... | Taxi Driver |
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99 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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West Germany:16 (nf) | UK:PG (1988) | UK:X (1953) (cut) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved | Sweden:15
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This movie was used as a part of a plot line in the "The Moon is Not Blue" episode of "M*A*S*H." The plot line focuses on Hawkeye Pierce and B.J. Hunnicut trying to obtain a copy of the movie for the 4077th after hearing it has been banned in Boston. But when they finally get the film, they discover it's not at all explicit. Upon viewing the film, Hawkeye says the reason a character in the movie says the word "virgin" is because "Everyone in the movie *was*!" more
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Patty O'Neill: I'm not being bossy. It's the mother instinct. more
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Featured in This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) more
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The Moon is Blue more
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I was a kid when I first saw it, and despite difficulty in following the plot, I knew this was a very likable movie. When I saw it decades later, all my early perceptions were amply confirmed. Of course, the writer deserves most of the plaudit. It's my favorite Maggie McNamara movie. Her death has not even registered on Hollywood's tragedy-recycling radars. Nor have many others. (Kevin Coughlin, Brandon de Wilde, Bobby Driscoll, Scotty Beckett). With disbelief I read that in her last years Maggie had to type for a living. She was a true, dedicated thespian without any vanity, a lady.