USA,
1957, 118 min
(Alternative: 113 min)
Directed by:
Vincente MinnelliScreenplay:
George WellsCinematography:
John AltonComposer:
André PrevinCast:
Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray, Sam Levene, Tom Helmore, Mickey Shaughnessy, Chuck Connors, Carol Veazie, Jack Cole, Mel Welles, May McAvoy (more)Plots(1)
After covering a golf tournament in Los Angeles, sportswriter Mike Hagen returns to his New York home with a tan. And with a fashion designer wife he scarcely knows.
Romantic pitfalls surface gleefully in this Vincente Minnelli-directed comedy featuring an Oscar-winning script and Manhattanites - an ex-flame (Dolores Gray), lowlife hustlers (Chuck Connors, Jesse White) and an addled palooka (Mickey Shaughnessy) among them - who rub elbows and funny bones. Lauren Bacall plays the stylish title character. As Hagen, Gregory Peck gamely displays his comedic flair, pratfalling into a chair, slyly mimicking Bacall and coping with indignity as ravioli is served... in his lap.
(official distributor synopsis)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1958 - George Wells (Best Original Screenplay)