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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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Variety Staff

Pillow Talk is a sleekly sophisticated production that deals chiefly with s-e-x.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 28 2008 10:47 AM

Variety

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3.5/4

The first -- and best -- of the witty, well-produced sex comedies starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 28 2008 10:46 AM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Compulsively mainstream as only 50s Hollywood could be, and never very funny.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 28 2008 10:45 AM

Chicago Reader

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3/4

David Nusair

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 09 2007 08:10 PM

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Emanuel Levy

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 25 2007 12:35 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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Susan Granger

No review available.

comment Comment | Dec., 26 2006 01:36 PM

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Geoff Andrew

It often seems complacent and shallow.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 04:20 AM

Time Out

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3/5

Jake Euker

No review available.

comment Comment | Oct., 10 2005 12:19 AM

F5 (Wichita, KS)

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3/5

Kevin N. Laforest

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 31 2005 10:11 AM

Montreal Film Journal

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5/5

James Plath

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

comment Comment | Jun., 30 2005 11:01 AM

DVDTown.com

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4/5

Thomas Delapa

No review available.

comment Comment | Jun., 09 2005 03:40 PM

Boulder Weekly

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3/5

Jeffrey Westhoff

No review available.

comment Comment | Feb., 17 2005 03:30 PM

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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4/5

Michael Dequina

No review available.

comment Comment | Dec., 05 2004 02:03 AM

TheMovieReport.com

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4/5

Sarah Chauncey

No review available.

comment Comment | Jun., 10 2004 08:05 PM

Reel.com

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4/5

Carol Cling

No review available.

comment Comment | Aug., 22 2003 06:57 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 08 2003 05:21 PM

Channel 4 Film

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4/5

Bosley Crowther

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:16 PM

New York Times

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4/5

Rebecca Murray

No review available.

comment Comment | Apr., 10 2003 10:55 AM

About.com

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Quintessential Hudson-Day sex comedy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 10 2003 08:49 AM

Austin Chronicle

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Christopher Null

A very funny piece of Hollywood history.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 16 2003 08:35 AM

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