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Pillow Talk (1959)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:21

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Due to a shortage of telephone trunk lines, songwriter Brad Allen and interior decorator Jan Morrow are forced to share a "party line." The two take an immediate dislike to each other since Jan... Due to a shortage of telephone trunk lines, songwriter Brad Allen and interior decorator Jan Morrow are forced to share a "party line." The two take an immediate dislike to each other since Jan considers Brad a playboy who ties up the line constantly making romantic overtures to a variety of women, while Brad considers Jan a sexually frustrated prude who has nothing better to do than snoop into his private affairs. But when Brad discovers how attractive the other half of his party line is, he devises a plan to seduce her by masquerading as a virtuous Texan. [More]

Starring: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter

Starring: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Julia Meade, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio

Director: Michael Gordon

Director: Michael Gordon
Screenwriter: Stanley Shapiro
Producer: Ross Hunter, Martin Melcher
Screenwriter: Maurice Richlin
Composer: Frank DeVol

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Reviews for Pillow Talk

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04/10/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

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08/08/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Quintessential Hudson-Day sex comedy.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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06/09/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Day is the prudish spinster forced to share a party-line with philandering Hudson in this charming sex comedy.

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07/08/03
Channel 4 Film
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Compulsively mainstream as only 50s Hollywood could be, and never very funny.

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05/28/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

Classic, if not flawless, '50s bedroom comedy.

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06/30/05
James Plath
James Plath
DVDTown.com

The first and the best of the three romantic comedies Doris Day made with Rock Hudson at Universal offers a good case of deconstructing the stars' respective screen images.

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07/25/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The quintessential 50s Rom-Com.

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10/10/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

A very funny piece of Hollywood history.

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02/16/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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07/26/02
David Poland
David Poland
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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07/31/05
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

One of the most lively and up-to-date comedy-romances of the year.

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05/20/03
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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02/17/05
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

...Hudson and Day's palpable chemistry together [is] evident almost immediately...

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08/09/07
David Nusair
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06/10/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
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12/05/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

It often seems complacent and shallow.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
 
 
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