Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk (1959)

  • 92% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (19,490 ratings)

The fabulously successful Pillow Talk was essentially Shop Around the Corner for the 1950s. Playboy composer Rock Hudson and interior-decorator Doris Day are obliged to share a telephone party line. Naturally, their calls overlap at the least opportune times, and just as naturally, this leads to… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By
Michael Gordon
Written By
Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro
Genres
Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 6, 1959 Wide
On DVD
Apr 13, 1999

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Pillow Talk is a sleekly sophisticated production that deals chiefly with s-e-x.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    Compulsively mainstream as only 50s Hollywood could be, and never very funny.

  • Bosley Crowther, New York Times

    One of the most lively and up-to-date comedy-romances of the year.

  • Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media

    Hudson and Day's Sex and the City, '50s-style.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    The first -- and best -- of the witty, well-produced sex comedies starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Candy R


    Romantic comedy about a couple who haven't met but share a telephone line. If you like Shop Around The Corner, You've Got Mail, How To Lose A Guy In 10 days then you will like this movie.

  • Jennifer X


    I don't think Doris Day and Rock Hudson have too much chemistry in the conventional sense, but it certainly is pleasurable watching them squabble. This movie has just the right amount of retro and cheese to make it delightful.

  • Wahida K


    This Movie is so extremely funny. I enjoy Classics with Doris Day and Rock Hudson. The end was even funnier, when the doctor in the neighbourhood thinks the character of Rock Hudson is Preganant. The Doctor and his assisant grab him away at the end. lol That was fav bit.

  • Cassie H


    Really enjoyed this movie. Doris Day is hilarious!

  • xGary X


    If you love fifteis glamour and old school romantic comedies, you'll love this. I am far too cynical for this kind of thing, however...

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