Aline Towne, Art Carney, Carl Reiner

Directed with a lascivious eye by Gene Kelly, A Guide for the Married Man has the illicit kick of finding a vintage copy of Playboy in your dad's sock drawer. With its zoom shots of ampl...( read more  read more... )e cleavage and jiggling bottoms, this sophisticated sex farce is Naughty with a capital N. Walter Matthau stars as a desperate husband with a roving eye who is "ready to take the plunge." Robert Morse costars as his philandering best friend who becomes his "coach." Morse's "pointers" are acted out by a stellar cast of comic actors. Scoring highest are Carl Reiner as a vainglorious movie star arranging a cross-global tryst; Joey Bishop as a husband who steadfastly denies, denies, denies even after he is caught in the act by his wife, and Terry Thomas as a man driven to an early grave after his paramour (Jayne Mansfield) loses her bra in his home. The film's bevy of beauties includes ravishing Inger Stevens as Matthau's unsuspecting wife and Sue Ann Langdon as the neighborhood tease. Just to make the film even more '60s, The Turtles perform the title song. A Guide for the Married Man is so wrong, so dated, and so sexist. It's a wonder it hasn't been remade! --Donald Liebenson

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PG, 89 min.

Directed by: Gene Kelly

Release Date: May 25, 1967

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DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005

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  • December 23, 2006
    Funny movie about the rules of cheating while married. Ed:" Basic principle number one: Never, NEVER say you'll be where you can be found not to be".
  • November 15, 2009
    It was entertaining. I liked seeing the old cars and what everyone wore back then.
    Why they spent so long trying to figure out how to cheat on his wife, wasn't pleasant but was funny.
    I agree this movie is so sexist I'm waiting for the remake!
  • June 13, 2009
    Cute movie. It shows the thinking of the 1960's male.
  • February 22, 2009
    Overall a funny movie with a great, all-star cast. The premise at hand is controversial, even by today's standards. How to cheat on your spouse the right way, as if there is a right way! I think most people would find it to be more Billy Wilder than Gene Kelly, though maybe no...( read more)t quite up to Wilder standards. Pretty comparable comedy just the same, with a redeeming moral at the end, similar to Seth Rogen films such as The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. One aspect I found interesting was that Walter Matthau played the straight man for a change. You would have expected him to play the part of the slimy best friend, but it's always good to see people try different roles and he did an adequate job at playing the "Jack Lemmon" role. I think most people would agree that he is unevenly matched with his knock out of a wife and is crazy to even consider following in his fellow man's footsteps.
  • August 19, 2007
    This is worth seeing for the Jayne Mansfield cameo which was her last on screen appearance.
  • August 19, 2007
    Not a well-known film, but includes a title song by the Turtles, who were huge in 1967.
  • August 5, 2007
    A fun, fun movie with one of the greatest cast of comedians ever assembled on film. While the main action in this film is a tad trite, the little skits involving comedy greats like: Joey Bishop (deny! deny! deny!), Jack Benny and Wally Cox make this film worth it. Robert Morse al...( read more)so puts in one of his best performances as a true cad. Such an unlikely film to come from the eye of squeaky clean Gene Kelly.
  • May 23, 2007
    Haven't seen it, but am sure GENE did a great job directing.
  • April 8, 2007
    A classic with an All-Star Cast.
  • April 4, 2007
    Wickedly fun for the '60's

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