Pillow Talk (1959)
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92% of critics liked it
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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 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 Hudson and Day despising each other without ever having met in person. In a cute but convenient coincidence, Doris' boy friend is Tony Randall, who also happens to be Hudson's best pal. Thus Hudson gets a glimpse at Day, and it's love at first sight. To avoid revealing that he's her telephone rival, Hudson poses as a wealthy Texan and turns the charm on Day. But when he starts pitching woo, Day instantly recognizes all the "make-out" lines Hudson has used on the phone with his other conquests. She gets even by decorating Hudson's apartment in a hideous manner. But Hudson loves her all the same; he "kidnaps" her, carrying her through the streets in her nightgown in full view of everyone, including a laughing cop who refuses to intervene. He praises her horrifying interior decoration job effusively, and at this point Day can't help but give in to his marriage proposal. A bit too arch and cute for modern tastes at times, Pillow Talk is still one of the best of the frothy Doris Day-Rock Hudson vehicles; it made a fortune at the box office and garnered five Oscar nominations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Gordon
- Written By
- Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro
- Genres
- Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 6, 1959 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Pillow Talk is a sleekly sophisticated production that deals chiefly with s-e-x.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Compulsively mainstream as only 50s Hollywood could be, and never very funny.
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
It often seems complacent and shallow.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
One of the most lively and up-to-date comedy-romances of the year.
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
as light and fluffy as its title implies... it's a fun film to watch unfold, resting on the shoulders of its charismatic stars
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Cast
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Rock Hudson
as Brad Allen
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Doris Day
as Jan Morrow
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Tony Randall
as Jonathan Forbes
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Thelma Ritter
as Alma
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Nick Adams
as Tony Walters
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Julia Meade
as Marie
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Allen Jenkins
as Harry
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Marcel Dalio
as Pierot
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Lee Patrick
as Mrs. Walters
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Mary McCarty
as Nurse Resnick
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Alex Gerry
as Dr. Maxwell
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Hayden Rorke
as Mr. Conrad
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Valerie Allen
as Eileen
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Jacqueline Beer
as Yvette
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Arlen Stuart
as Tilda
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Don Beddoe
as Mr. Walters
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Robert B. Williams
as Mr. Graham
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Perry Blackwell
as Perry
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Muriel Landers
as "Moose" Fat Girl
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William Schallert
as Hotel Clerk
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Karen Norris
as Miss Dickerson
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Dorothy Abbott
as Singer
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Lillian Culver
as Woman in elevator
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Joseph Mell
as Dry Goods Man
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Boyd 'Red' Morgan
as Trucker
- Frances Sternhagen
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Harry Tyler
as Hansom Cabby
