Pillow Talk (1959)
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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
- Rating, Runtime
- 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
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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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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
One of the most lively and up-to-date comedy-romances of the year.
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Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media
Hudson and Day's Sex and the City, '50s-style.
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, 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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Cast
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Rock Hudsonas Brad Allen -
Doris Dayas Jan Morrow -
Tony Randallas Jonathan Forbes
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Thelma Ritteras Alma -
Nick Adamsas Tony Walters -
Julia Meadeas Marie
