Walk, Don't Run (1966)

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Cary Grant made his last film appearance before retiring from the screen in this agreeable piece of fluff based on the 1943 comedy The More the Merrier, which dealt with the romantic complications inherent in the housing shortage in Washington D.C. during World War II. In Walk, Don't Run, the story… More Cary Grant made his last film appearance before retiring from the screen in this agreeable piece of fluff based on the 1943 comedy The More the Merrier, which dealt with the romantic complications inherent in the housing shortage in Washington D.C. during World War II. In Walk, Don't Run, the story is updated to a housing shortage in Tokyo during the Olympic Games of 1964. British industrialist Sir William Rutland (Cary Grant) arrives in Tokyo two days before the start of the games and cannot find any suitable accommodations. As a result, he answers an ad for an "apartment to share" and convinces the occupant, Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar), to rent a room to him. The next day he meets the handsome Steve Davis (Jim Hutton), a member of the United States Olympic walking team. Steve also needs a room and convinces Christine to take him on as a second tenant. After meeting Christine's pompous fiancé, Julius D. Haversack (John Standing), Rutland begins to ply his matchmaking skills in an effort to get Christine and Steve to fall in love with each other. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 53 min.
Directed By: Charles Walters
Written By: Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Sol Saks
Genres: Comedy, Romance

In Theaters: Jun 29, 1966 Wide
On DVD: Apr 29, 2003

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Agreeable fluff romantic comedy.
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Cary's last hurrah is pretty funny.
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Tepid remake of The More the Merrier makes an unassuming swan song for Cary Grant.

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AJ V

Grant's last movie! It's a remake of an older movie, which I liked better, actually, but this movie has a good cast and it's funny, so I liked it anyway.
Jennifer D

Holy Cary Grant in his boxers! Loved that. Freaking priceless and it may have been his last film, but damn, he went out in style. Grant is easily and obviously the best part of this film and he is pure brilliance. Can't say quite as much for the story, but it was still a cute… More
Holy Cary Grant in his boxers! Loved that. Freaking priceless and it may have been his last film, but damn, he went out in style. Grant is easily and obviously the best part of this film and he is pure brilliance. Can't say quite as much for the story, but it was still a cute little romantic comedy and I'll give plot and setting a + for originality.
Sunil J

It was just too much. Cary Grant does a nice job as usual but the characters are all blah and Samantha Eggar is just annoying. It was a lot of strung together silly moments without any real story.

Cast

            Cary Grant as Sir William Rutland

            Samantha Eggar as Christine Easton

            Jim Hutton as Steve Davis

            John Standing as Julius P. Haversack

            Miiko Taka as Aiko Kurawa

            Ted Hartley as Yuri Andreyovitch

            A. Ben Astar as Dimitri

            George Takei as Police Captain

            Teru Shimada as Mr. Kurawa

            Lois Kiuchi as Mrs. Kurawa

            David Draper
            
            Dale Ishimoto
            
            Robert Kino as Assistant Manager

            Frank Kumagai as Plain Clothesman

            Miko Mayama as Japanese Waitress

            Rollin Moriyama as Manager

            Monty O'Grady as Ad Libs

            Peggy Rea as Russian Shot Putter

            Alex Rodine
            
            Yoko Tani as Bath Attendant

            Ilona Wilson
            
            James Yagi as Rutland's Driver

            C.K. Yang as Chinese Athlete

            Bob Okazaki as Plant Manager

            Miyoshi Jingu as Woman

            Roy Ogata
            
            Burt Santos
            
            Anna Shin
            
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