Réalisation:
Nunnally JohnsonPhotographie:
Charles G. ClarkeActeurs·trices:
Dan Dailey, Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Tony Randall, Barbara Rush, Rachel Stephens, Franklin Pangborn, Hal Taggart, Franklyn Farnum, Clancy Cooper (plus)Résumés(1)
Based on Ed Chodorov's successful play, this psychiatric spoof tickled many funnybones. It was Randall's film debut, after having played on Broadway in "Inherit the Wind" and having done a good run on TV as pal to "Mr. Peepers." Niven is a sedate psychiatrist who keeps his medical practice and his domestic life apart, then is shocked to see that they are coming together. Rogers is the bored wife of film star Dailey. She complains that often-drunk husband Dailey is paying too much attention to Rush. This stuns Niven because Rush is his intended; the two of them are about to take an ocean voyage and be married by the captain aboard the liner. Enter Randall, another patient. Randall is having a fling with a nutty girl who he reveals is also Rush. Niven is beside himself and considering going back for more analysis. He manages to hold his heart and temper somewhat in check, gets Rogers and Dailey back together after a struggle, and plans to go on his cruise. On the ocean liner Niven waits for Rush, and when she doesn't arrive he tells the steward to put his luggage ashore. Just as he's about to get off the boat, Rush arrives to say goodbye to him. Seeing Niven changes Rush's feelings about him, and now she wants to stay. Niven is suave, Rogers (she seems to like playing women who consult psychiatrists, as she did in LADY IN THE DARK among others) is energetic, but the best comedy comes from Randall and Rush, both of whom fairly explode off the screen with their eccentric characters. Chodorov had been one of the writers blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee and was not allowed to have his name on screen. As a symbol of solidarity, Johnson asked that his writing credit be erased as well. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Dan Dailey
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Tempête qui tue (1940)
Beau fixe sur New York (1955)
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
Ginger Rogers
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Ligne verte (1999) - i.a.
Producers' Showcase (1954) (série)
Entrons dans la danse (1949)
David Niven
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Un cadavre au dessert (1976)
Le Cerveau (1969)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Tony Randall
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Barbara Rush
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Hombre (1967)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Rachel Stephens
Meilleurs films :
10, rue Frederick (1958)
Du haut de la terrasse (1960)
Une femme de tête (1957)
Franklin Pangborn
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
L'Extravagant Mr. Deeds (1936)
Pension d'artistes (1937)
Amanda (1938)
Hal Taggart
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Lauréat (1967)
Jugement à Nuremberg (1961)
Procès de singe (1960)
Franklyn Farnum
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Certains l'aiment chaud (1959)
Boulevard du crépuscule (1950)
Témoin à charge (1957)
Clancy Cooper
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946)
Marqué par la haine (1956)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Joel Fluellen
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Un raisin au soleil (1961)
Racines : Les nouvelles générations (1979) (série)
La Poursuite impitoyable (1966)
Monty O'Grady
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Témoin à charge (1957)
La Mort aux trousses (1959)
Marqué par la haine (1956)