Rex Harrison, Sandra Dee, Angela Lansbury

The Reluctant Debutante is a vintage example of the sort of elegant, witty polite comedy that Hollywood used to pull off so well. Real-life husband and wife Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall are cast as ne...( read more  read more... )wly wed Jimmy and Sheila Broadbent, two of London's more attractive aristocrats. Jimmy has a daughter, Jane (Sandra Dee), from a previous marriage; though the girl is dead set against it, Jimmy insists that Jane make her society debut in London. Daddy wants his darling daughter to meet the right kind of husband, but she's more interested in handsome-but-shady American musician David Parkson (John Saxon). Little does anyone know that David, secretly a titled millionaire, is actually the prize catch of the season. The matchless Kay Kendall manages to walk away with the picture, though she's given a run for her money by fifth-billed Angela Lansbury. The Reluctant Debutante was based on the play by William Douglas Home.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Unrated, 94 min.

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli

Release Date: August 14, 1958

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  • March 13, 2008
    I love this movie. I love Sandra Dee & John Saxon in this movie.
  • March 2, 2008
    Kay and Rex sparkle like the sun, hard to believe she was dying while this was being made. Angela Lansbury provides solid support and John Saxon and Sandra Dee made a handsome couple, but it is really Kay Kendall's movie all the way.
  • July 19, 2007
    All CLASSICS are GOOD
  • June 26, 2007
    David Fenner is such a funny loser ^_^
  • June 22, 2007
    This is so funny! The step-mom is the BEST!
  • March 7, 2007
    I couldn't stop laughing! The parents are silly and my favorite part is near the end of the movie- it's ridiculous! I loved it and i want to see it again! I have only seen it once.

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