The Marrying Man (1991)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Jerry Rees

Writer (WGA):

Neil Simon (written by)

Release Date:

5 April 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Romance

Tagline:

Every man has a weakness. For millionaire Charley Pearl she's blonde, beautiful and loves to say "YES"

Plot:

Rich playboy Charley Pearl meets Vicki Anderson, singer at a nightclub. But she's a gangster's-moll...

Plot Keywords:

Playboy | Nightclub | Shotgun Wedding | Extramarital Affair | Reunion

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Vicki Anderson
Alec Baldwin	...	Charley Pearl
Robert Loggia	...	Lew Horner
Elisabeth Shue	...	Adele Horner
Armand Assante	...	Bugsy Siegel
Paul Reiser	...	Phil Golden
Fisher Stevens	...	Sammy
Peter Dobson	...	Tony
Steve Hytner	...	George
Jeremy Roberts	...	Gus
Big John Studd	...	Dante
Tony Longo	...	Sam
Tom Milanovich	...	Andy
Tim Hauser	...	Woody
Carey Eidel	...	Cab Driver

Also Known As:

Too Hot to Handle (Australia)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:18 | Finland:K-8 | Germany:12 (w) | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

This film was inspired by a true story. Writer 'Neil Simon' heard about the stormy relationship between shoe millionaire Harry Karl and starlet Marie McDonald (nicknamed "The Body") and then wrote this script.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The film opens in San Francisco, 1956 and the on the wall of the nightclub (Dexter's) is an advertisement for KJAZ FM. That radio station did not sign on in San Francisco until August, 1959.

Quotes:

Phil: You know what the odds are on that? Impossible to one.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Spin City: The Marrying Men (#2.17)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

LOVE IS THE THING

Love is better what, the fourth time around?

I cannot understand why the ratings and comments on this movie are as mediocre to poor as they are. This was a fun movie. Sure, it's a bit silly and it plays with history and facts but it's essentially just fun and harmless yet fast moving and entertaining. Does every movie have to be The English Patient? Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger do a really good job of lite hearted comedy about a couple that keeps finding each other, over and over again! Baldwin's pals, Paul Reiser, Fisher Stevens, Peter Dobson, and Steve Hytner, are great support players as they are funny and engaging about the trials and tribulations of this love affair.

Robert Logia is terrific as Baldwin's ex-fiancé's father, a power broker in Hollywood hell bent on destroying Baldwin's characters life after he jilts not once but TWICE his daughter played by Elizabeth Shue. But in many ways it is Armand Assante who steals the movie with his portrayal of Bugsy Siegel. Assante is so controlled and smooth, yet so believable as a cold blooded gangster/killer. He plays the role with a true sense of comedic timing.

The cast is first rate, the movie has some good twists and turns, and it'll go by quickly which every good movie will do. I liked it and I'm betting if you like lite hearted comedy you'll like it too.