The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 72% of the 260 1950s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
1,015 audience votes
Key crew
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- Billy WilderDirector
- George AxelrodScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marilyn MonroeThe Girl
- Tom EwellRichard Sherman
- Evelyn KeyesHelen Sherman
- Sonny TuftsTom MacKenzie
- Robert StraussM. Kruhulik
- Oskar HomolkaDr. Brubaker
- Marguerite ChapmanMiss Morris
- Victor MoorePlumber
- Dolores RosedaleElaine
- Donald MacBrideMr. Brady
- Carolyn JonesMiss Finch - Nurse
- Brandon BeachCommuter at Station (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
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