Pillow Talk

1959  NR  COMEDY  1h 42min

CAST— Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Marcel Dalio, Julia Meade

MUSIC— Frank DeVol  DIRECTOR— Michael Gordon

     The first of the Rock Hudson/Doris Day romcoms. She plays an interior decorator with a bit of a problem on her hands: her phone is on a party line, which she shares with an oversexed songwriter with too many women to call. They also share more than a passing annoyance with each other, despising the sound of each other’s voice. But when Hudson learns that his phone foe is an attractive lass he plans to woo her, but in an unconventional way: he disguises his voice and assumes a new identity, that of a wealthy Texan, and charms his way into her heart. But never did he expect to genuinely fall head over heels in love. It’s your simple mild-mannered sex comedy (or is that “phone sex” comedy?) from an age when “sex” was a four letter word. Oscar-winner for Best Original Screenplay. Deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.

OUR RATING— ** ½