"Everybody's 'choice' for a great big wonderful time!" 24 February 1963 Comedy, Romance 100 mins
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.
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Bob Hope as Parker Ballantine
Lucille Ball as Angela Ballantine
Marilyn Maxwell as Ivy London
Rip Torn as Dion Kapakos
Jessie Royce Landis as Charlotte Orr
John Dehner as S.P. Champlain
Jim Backus as William Von Hagedorn
Ricky Kelman as John Ballantine
Dorothy Green as Margaret Champlain
Marie Windsor as Sally Orr
Joseph Gallison as Phil Yardley
Joan Shawlee as Marge Orr
Richard Deacon as Harvey Rittenhouse
Jerome Cowan as Joe Rosenfield
Donald Losby as Geoffrey Von Hagedorn
Lurene Tuttle as Mother in Sisters Three
Jack Sher Screenplay
Ira Levin Theatre Play
Don Weis Director
Russell Llewellyn Assistant Director
Stanley Jones Sound
Arthur Morton Orchestrator
Frank P. Rosenberg Producer
Edith Head Costume Design
William L. Kuehl Set Decoration
George Duning Original Music Composer
Charles Lang Director of Photography
Edward Carrere Art Direction
William H. Ziegler Editor
Max Factor Makeup Artist
Gordon Bau Makeup Artist
Irma Kusely Hairstylist
United Kingdom 24 February 1963
United States 13 April 1963
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