It's been ages since I've seen this and it's still a wonderfully made comedy with all the old school fixins!!!! I just love Cary grant and it's so great to witness once again just how well movies were done back in the day without all guts and glory, sex and nudity...! This was a ...( read more)
Cary Grant, Jack Good, Jennifer Berrington
Cary Grant's penultimate feature before retirement was this cheerful 1964 effort to overturn his career-long image of urbane sophistication. As the unshaven, messy misanthrope Walter Eckland, a Worl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 18, 2001
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October 19, 2008
2nd time i've seen this. one of the best oldies and my fav film starring cary grant. no less than excellent in it was leslie caron. it's for the whole family and it's a comedy. grant made his character very believable indeed. directed well by ralph nelson
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July 14, 2007
Cary Grant sheds his debonair image and portrays a cowardly misanthrope lumbered with a french schoolteacher and her class of young girls on a desert island during WWII. The romance is charming, it's exciting when the enemy appears and there are loads of laughs. Quirky and lots o...( read more)
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May 1, 2009
My favorite Cary Grant movie of all time. Very underrated and very entertaining. As somewhat of a different role or character, It proved Crant's acting abilities.In one scene, he 'flips of' someone. That's right! Gives them the finger! I think he sparked the rebellious nature of ...( read more)
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November 10, 2008
A playful comedy about a drop out of society alcholic "drafted" into helping the British navy in WW2. His job on his south pacific island is to spot and call in Japanese aircraft.Through a strange series of events he is joined by a hottie of a teacher and 6 female students. At fi...( read more)
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