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6.2/10   518 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Robert Kaufman (story)
Norman Lear (writer)
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Release Date:
21 June 1967 (USA) more
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Plot:
After 17 years, things have got too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Would-be scathing and brittle, but bogged down in the obvious... more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dick Van Dyke ... Richard Harmon

Debbie Reynolds ... Barbara Harmon

Jason Robards ... Nelson Downes

Jean Simmons ... Nancy Downes

Van Johnson ... Al Yearling
Joe Flynn ... Lionel Blandsforth

Shelley Berman ... David Grieff

Martin Gabel ... Dr. Zenwinn

Lee Grant ... Dede Murphy
Pat Collins ... Herself
Tom Bosley ... Farley
Emmaline Henry ... Fern Blandsforth
Richard Gautier ... Larry Strickland (as Dick Gautier)

Tim Matheson ... Mark Harmon (as Tim Matthieson)
Gary Goetzman ... Jonathan Harmon
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tim Matheson's movie debut. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the night club scene,when the lady hypnotist turns toward the audience, a poof of cigarette smoke goes backward into reverse. more
Quotes:
Dede Murphy: So, since when do men grow up? They just grow old. You know what I call this apartment sometimes? Boys' Town. more
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Soundtrack:
Let's Fall in Love more

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7 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Would-be scathing and brittle, but bogged down in the obvious..., 15 January 2006
4/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Norman Lear-written divorce-comedy has bickering, bored married couple Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds splitting up, re-entering the bewildering dating scene. Begins well, with amusing, satirical jabs at suburban married life, but it runs out of gas early on. Conrad Hall's evocative cinematography is a plus, and some of the dialogue has snap, but Lear's ideas get bogged down in sitcomville. The introduction of a second couple (Jason Robards and Jean Simmons) doesn't work at all, perhaps because neither actor seems to realize this is supposed to be a comedy, and a segue to "Hip Hypnotist" Pat Collins is simply desperate. Van Dyke and Reynolds are both fair. ** from ****

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