A Guide for the Married Man
A Guide for the Married Man | |
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20th Century Fox | |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.3 million[1] |
Box office | $5 million (US/ Canada)[2] |
A Guide for the Married Man is a 1967 American bedroom-farce comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, and Inger Stevens.[3] It was directed by Gene Kelly.[4][5] It features many cameos, including Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Terry-Thomas, Jayne Mansfield, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Joey Bishop, Art Carney, and Wally Cox.[3] The title song, performed by The Turtles, was composed by John Williams with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.
Plot
Paul Manning discovers one day that his dear friend and neighbor Ed Stander has been cheating on his wife. Curious, he asks Ed about it, and is given the history and tactics of men who have successfully committed adultery. With each new story, Paul cannot help noticing the attractive blonde, Irma Johnson, who lives nearby.
Paul gets close to cheating on his wife, Ruth, but he never quite goes through with it. In a scene near the end of the movie, he is finally in a motel room with another woman, a wealthy divorced client. Paul hears shouting outside, and when he looks out the window, he sees photographers taking pictures of his friend Ed in bed with Mrs. Johnson. Paul takes this opportunity to flee the scene and run home to his beloved wife.
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Paul Manning
- Inger Stevens as Ruth Manning
- Sue Ane Langdon[6] as Irma Johnson
- Robert Morse as Ed Stander
- Elaine Devry as Jocelyn
- Jackie Joseph as Janet Brophy
- Aline Towne as Mousey Man's Wife
- Claire Kelly as Harriet Stander
- Eve Brent as Joe X's Blowsy Blonde
- Marvin Brody as Taxi Driver
- Jackie Russell as Miss Harris, Manning's Secretary
- Majel Barrett as Mrs. Fred V.
- Linda Harrisonas Miss Stardust
- Chanin Hale as Miss Crenshaw
Cameo appearances
- Lucille Ball as Mrs. Joe X
- Jack Benny as Ollie 'Sweet Lips'
- Polly Bergen as Clara Brown
- Joey Bishop as Charlie
- Ben Blue as Shoeless
- Sid Caesar as Man at Romanoff's
- Art Carney as Joe X
- Wally Cox as Man Married 14 Years
- Ann Morgan Guilbert as Charlie's Wife
- Jeffrey Hunter as Mountain Climber
- Marty Ingels as Meat Eater
- Sam Jaffe as Shrink
- Jayne Mansfield as Girl with Harold
- Hal March as Man Who Loses Coat
- Louis Nye as Irving, House Buyer
- Carl Reiner as Rance G.
- Michael Romanoff as Romanoff's Maitre'd
- Jason Wingreen as Harry 'Big Fella' Johnson
- Phil Silvers as Realtor
- Terry-Thomas as Harold 'Tiger'
- Delores Wells as Girl with Wally Cox
- Heather Young as Girl with Megaphone
Reception
Critical response
A Guide for the Married Man is simply "a series of dumb skits" in
Release
According to Fox records, A Guide for the Married Man needed to earn $5,900,000 in rentals to break even, and made $7,355,000, meaning it made a profit.[11]
Home media
The film was released on
See also
References
- ^ Solomon 1989, p. 255.
- rentals accruing to the distributors.
- ^ a b Faris 1994, p. 105.
- ^ Willis 1968, p. 43.
- ^ Parish & Pitts 1990, p. 451.
- ^ Lisanti 2003, p. 84.
- ISBN 978-1250033574.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (May 27, 1957). "Screen: 'Guide for the Married Man':Matthau and Morse in Farce on Infidelity". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ Variety Staff (December 31, 1966). "A Guide for the Married Man". Variety. United States: Variety Media, LLC. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (July 14, 1967). "A Guide for the Married Man". RogerEbert.com. United States: Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ISBN 9780818404856.
- 20th Century Fox. September 6, 2005. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
Further reading
- Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. ISBN 978-0810821477.
- Willis, John (1968). Screen World 1968. ISBN 9780819603098.
- Faris, Jocelyn (1994). Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-Bibliography. Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts (Annotated ed.). ISBN 978-0313285448.
- Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties. ISBN 978-0786415755.
- Parish, James Robert; Pitts, Michael R. (1990). Hollywood Songsters (1st ed.). ISBN 978-0824034443.