Bobby Darin, Brenda De Banzie, Gina Lollobrigida

Hanging out at an Italian villa with Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida sounds like a painless way to kill a vacation--and Come September is a pretty painless movie, too. Rock is a millionaire w...( read more  read more... )ho spends a month at his home on the Riviera every year, except this year he's come early and surprised his staff, who've been running the place as a paying hotel. This is one of those comedies of sexual frustration--Rock can't get alone with Gina, because the "hotel" is overrun with American teenagers (chief among them Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin, who married after meeting on the shoot). The plot is labored, and director Robert Mulligan shows little feel for farce (he would shortly hit his stride with To Kill a Mockingbird). At least the location shooting has a nice summer breeze to it, and Darin sings "Multiplication" in a nightclub, complete with hepcat moves. --Robert Horton

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Unrated, 114 min.

Directed by: Robert Mulligan

Release Date: August 9, 1961

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DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003

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  • March 23, 2009
    Good fun,Bobby Darin
    vocals
  • February 26, 2009
    the best of the best


    the songs are all old
    favorites. Rock Hudson
  • February 17, 2009
    Its not hard to figure out whats gonna happen but that dosent matter.
  • June 9, 2008
    ???? ????? ??? ?? ???? ???? ???????
  • March 18, 2008
    I didn't like this film.
  • March 11, 2008
    This movie always in my memory,song in this film is my favourite song.
  • February 24, 2008
    I loved this movie.. how come they never air such movies now?!!
    I found it funny and sweet.
  • November 2, 2007
    Classified as a classic = Interested.
  • September 12, 2007
    Great movie - again, Rock Hudson

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