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18 November 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
They don't make girls like "Charlie" anymore -- they never did!Plot:
Shot by a jealous husband, Charley falls out a porthole and is lost at sea only to find himself returned as an attractive blond woman... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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You can lead great performers to a camera, but you can't make them act... moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Tony Curtis | ... | George Wellington Tracy | |
| Debbie Reynolds | ... | The Reincarnated Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason | |
| Pat Boone | ... | Bruce Minton, the 3rd | |
| Joanna Barnes | ... | Janie Highland | |
| Ellen Burstyn | ... | Franny Salzman (as Ellen McRae) | |
| Laura Devon | ... | Rusty Sartori | |
| Martin Gabel | ... | Morton Craft | |
| Roger C. Carmel | ... | Inspector (as Roger Carmel) | |
| Harry Madden | ... | Charles Sorel | |
| Myrna Hansen | ... | Starlet | |
| Michael Romanoff | ... | Patron | |
| Michael Jackson | ... | Himself | |
| Anthony Eustrel | ... | Butler (as Antony Eustrel) | |
| Donna Michelle | ... | Girl doing the twist on yacht | |
| Walter Matthau | ... | Sir Leopold Sartori |
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Fun Stuff
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The title role was offered to Marilyn Monroe shortly before her death. She rejected it judging the role as "not feminine at all". moreSoundtrack:
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What does it take to be a bad movie? 1. When your lead actor (Tony Curtis) gives the most wooden, lifeless performance of his career; 2. When your lead actress (Debby Reynolds), playing a reincarnated lady-killer, just about fondles herself on screen (in a rather disturbing scene) when discovering the change, and never really conveys the fact that she is a man's ghost in a woman's body; 3. When you cast a Playmate of the Year (Donna Michelle, 1964), list her among the principal actors, then briefly show her dancing at a party in the opening sequence, never to be seen again. 4. When your best performances come from Roger Carmel, of all people, as a homicide detective who suddenly arrives to throw the plot into a needless twist; 5. When you waste Pat Boone's talents (unfathomable as it seems) by having him play a rich boy wooing she-male Debby.
This, no doubt, is one of the most disappointing movies I have ever seen. The writing is abysmal (one particular scene with Debby and Tony drags on for 15-20 minutes, and you wish for death to take you); director Minelli makes no attempt to elevate it above a filmed stage play; and the Cinemascope is so cluttered, one is often more interested by the props than the performances.
One gem amidst the dross--Walter Matthau as a fraud Hungarian director. One hopes for Carmel's character to grill Matthau, but it never comes to be. Truly, one film to avoid at all costs.