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Overview

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Director:

Mark Robson

Writer:

George Axelrod (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

10 November 1954 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Romance more

Tagline:

Don't Say It! See It!

Plot:

After eight years of marriage, Robert and Nina divorce. He takes up with his womanising Navy buddy Charlie... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

Sony Releases 6-dvd Jack Lemmon Collection
 (From CinemaRetro. 11 June 2009, 10:02 AM, PDT)

Chris Lemmon: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 9 June 2009, 12:28 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

Whimisical updating of the Awful Truth more (13 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Judy Holliday ... Nina Tracey nee Chapman

Jack Lemmon ... Robert Tracey

Jack Carson ... Charlie Nelson

Kim Novak ... Janis
Luella Gear ... Mrs. Edith Chapman
Donald Randolph ... Dr. Van Kessel
Donald Curtis ... Actor Rick Vidal aka Dr. John Van Kessel
Arny Freeman ... Language teacher
Eddie Searles ... Tommy
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Additional Details

Runtime:

88 min (TCM Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #17109, Adult Audience)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The title "Phffft" comes from Walter Winchell's column which was widely read during the 50s. When a celebrity couple's marriage broke up, Winchell would describe the break-up as "phffft". more

Goofs:

Continuity: Nina's martini glass moves from one hand to the other several time when she and Charlie are drinking martini's at the bar and again on the sofa more

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Lady with the Torch (1999) more


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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Whimisical updating of the Awful Truth, 13 April 2001
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Author: aromatic-2 (aromatic@ivillage.com) from New York, Ny

The four stars make a marvelous quadrangle, and the physical comedy is great. My one disappointment is Richard Quine's direction. Lemmon must've liked him because they did at least 3 movies together, but he always seems to be trying to unexplicably extract pathos out of screwball situations, and this technique quickly wears thin. That aside, still a lot of fun.

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