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The Thrill of It All

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The Thrill of It All

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Doris Day and James Garner star in this comedy about an ordinary housewife who accepts a highly paid advertising job, shattering her pampered husband's domestic bliss as he is forced to cope with her new-found celebrity. With Arlene Francis and Edward Andrews

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

An enjoyably wacky satire of the world of advertising, pairing Doris Day with the immensely likeable James Garner for the first time. This is the one where Day becomes a star of soap commercials, much to the annoyance of her gynaecologist husband Garner, and contains the memorable scene in which Garner drives the family convertible into a swimming pool that wasn't there when he left for work in the morning. There's lots to chuckle over in the clever Carl Reiner screenplay, not least the super cameo Reiner wrote in for himself. It may seem a bit dated now, but back in the 1960s this irreverent and glossy comedy was considered strong, anarchic stuff.

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6.9/10

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Cast

rolenameBeverly BoyerDoris DayDr Gerald BoyerJames GarnerMrs FraleighArlene FrancisGardiner FraleighEdward AndrewsOld Tom FraleighReginald OwenOliviaZaSu PittsMike PalmerElliott ReidTBCCarl Reiner

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rolenameDirectorNorman Jewison

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Theatrical distributor

Rank Film Dists Ltd

Released on

1963-11-19

Languages

English | German

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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