Come Blow Your Horn (1963)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Bud Yorkin

Writers:

Neil Simon (play)
Norman Lear (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 June 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

I tell ya, chum...laughs it is!

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Play

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Frank Sinatra	...	Alan Baker
Lee J. Cobb	...	Harry R. Baker
Molly Picon	...	Mrs. Sophie Baker
Barbara Rush	...	Connie
Jill St. John	...	Peggy John
Dan Blocker	...	Mr. Eckman
Phyllis McGuire	...	Mrs. Eckman (buyer for Neiman-Marcus)
Tony Bill	...	Buddy Baker

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Essex Productions

Trivia:

Lee J. Cobb is only four years older than his screen son Frank Sinatra.

Goofs:

Continuity: Halfway through the movie, Sinatra is punched on the left side of his face by Dan Blocker. In the next scene when he is holding a raw steak up to his face, he holds it on the right side of his face.

Quotes:

Harry R. Baker: [when his wife complains about his habit of entering and tossing the evening newspaper on the dining room table] It's clean, I had it boiled.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "My Mother the Car: Come Honk Your Horn (#1.1)" (1965)

disappointing (but Lee J. Cobb, oy...)

I have to agree with most of what the previous commenter says; this is a largely disappointing movie. Neil Simon's wit here is not yet up to "Odd Couple" or "Sunshine Boys" speed, and some of the acting is lame. Jill St. John is a tad too cutesily dumb, and Tony Bill's Buddy is somewhat grating, especially after his unconvincing conversion from youthful innocent to roue. However, Sinatra is always worth watching and listening to, especially in the masterful Nelson Riddle's arrangements (here an original song, actually). However, the movie is almost worth watching solely for Lee J. Cobb's performance as papa Baker; his sidesplitting performance as the terminally frustrated Mr. Baker is a study in comic skill, particularly in the scenes where he invades the brothers' apartment. I had never see Cobb do comedy before; now my estimation of him as an actor has increased immeasurably. Catch this one just for Cobb.