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Pillow Talk is a 1959 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gordon and produced by Ross Hunter for Universal Pictures. The screenplay was written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, and Stanley Shapiro, with music composed by Frank De Vol. The film stars Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, and Thelma Ritter. It is set in New York City and was released in the United States in 1959.
The movie has a runtime of 102 minutes. It received an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress, and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Critical reception includes a rating of 7.4 from 21,047 votes on IMDb and an average vote of 7.141 from 319 votes on TMDb. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix, with a budget of 1,600,000 and revenue of 18,750,000.
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7.1Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
Cast
- Doris Day as Jan Morrow
- Rock Hudson as Brad Allen
- Tony Randall as Jonathan Forbes
- Thelma Ritter as Alma
- Nick Adams as Tony Walters
- Julia Meade as Marie
Themes
- romcom
- deception
- romance
- playboy
- neighbor
- texan
- millionaire
- screwball comedy
- opposites attract
- sex comedy
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Gordon
- Screenplay by
- Stanley Shapiro , Maurice Richlin
- Story by
- Russell Rouse , Clarence Greene
- Produced by
- Ross Hunter , Martin Melcher
- Starring
- Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Thelma Ritter
- Cinematography
- Arthur E. Arling
- Edited by
- Milton Carruth
- Music by
- Frank De Vol
- Color process
- Eastmancolor
- Production companies
- Arwin Productions , Avernus Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- October 6, 1959 ( 1959-10-06 ) (New York)
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.6 million
- Box office
- $7.6 million (US and Canada rentals) , $18,750,000 (Domestic)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Michael Gordon
- Screenwriter
- Stanley Shapiro
- Cast member
- Julia Meade
- Composer
- Frank De Vol
- Producer
- Ross Hunter
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Arthur E. Arling
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 694482
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- DayHudsonPillowTalk.jpg
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- publication date
- 1959-12-18
- film editor
- Milton Carruth
- title
- Pillow Talk
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 73/100
- Commons category
- Pillow Talk
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Encyclopedic overview
Pillow Talk is a 1959 American romantic comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Michael Gordon and starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The supporting cast features Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio and Lee Patrick. The film was written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro, and Clarence Greene.
It tells the story of Jan Morrow (Day), an interior decorator, and Brad Allen (Hudson), a womanizing composer and bachelor, who share a telephone party line. When she unsuccessfully files a complaint against him for constantly using the line to woo his conquests, Brad finds out she is pretty and decides to trick her by masquerading as a Texas rancher. The scheme seems to work until their mutual friend Jonathan Forbes (Randall) finds out about it and exposes Brad.
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