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Director:
Writers:
Stanley Shapiro (screenplay) and
Maurice Richlin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 October 1959 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Footloose bachelor...beautiful career girl...and the world's most fascinating pastime! more
Plot:
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 8 nominations more
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Smart and Sassy more (66 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rock Hudson ... Brad Allen - 'Rex Stetson'

Doris Day ... Jan Morrow

Tony Randall ... Jonathan Forbes
Thelma Ritter ... Alma
Nick Adams ... Tony Walters
Julia Meade ... Marie
Allen Jenkins ... Harry
Marcel Dalio ... Pierot
Lee Patrick ... Mrs. Walters
Mary McCarty ... Nurse Resnick
Alex Gerry ... Dr. Maxwell
Hayden Rorke ... Mr. Conrad
Valerie Allen ... Eileen
Jacqueline Beer ... Yvette
Arlen Stuart ... Tilda
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (original rating) | Germany:6 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Unrated | Australia:G

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In the diner scene near the end, the restaurant patrons were supposed to deck Tony Randall, who would fake a reaction to the blow and slide down "unconscious" in the booth seat. However, during filming the actor overestimated his hook and accidentally knocked out Randall for real. The shot wound up being so good that the accidental knockout is the one shown in the film. more
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Continuity: In the scene where Jan and Rex are in front of the fire, Rex forgets to use his accent he gets up to get the firewood; he reverts to the normal speaking voice of Brad. more
Quotes:
[Jan and Brad are on the phone discussing a phone schedule]
Jan: We're just going to have to live with each other...
[Jan pauses, waiting for a response]
Brad Allen: Well?
Jan: I was waiting for you to say some off-color remark.
Brad Allen: Is that all you have on your mind?
Jan: Never mind my mind! You just stick to your half hour and I'll stick to mine!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Possess Me more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Smart and Sassy, 26 July 2005
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Author: Martin Bradley (MOscarbradley@aol.com) from Derry, Ireland

This smart and sassy sex comedy was made in 1959 but it could just as easily have been made in 1939 and the roles played here by Doris Day and Rock Hudson could have been played by Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Michael Gordon's direction is serviceable at best but it has a likable Oscar-winning script by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene that makes the most of it's premise of the mismatched couple who find romance in the most unlikely of farcial situations.

Day is starchy and frigid but Hudson is immensely likable and displays a real comic flair. There is a gay joke at the expense of the Hudson character and knowing what we know now we might well ask how much of an 'in-joke' this really was and just who was in on the joke. The film was a huge success and re-vitalized Day's career in non-musical roles. Tony Randall's character of the slightly effete millionaire who is in love with Day is not unlike David Hyde Pierce's Niles in "Frasier" and you can see some of the best "Frasier" scripts in some of the situations here. Influential or what?

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