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The Seven Year Itch
Why this pick
Another Wilder comedy of male vanity and sexual temptation, using a sweltering, tightly contained situation to make desire look ridiculous, anxious, and unexpectedly humane.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1964 2h 5m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
While driving his Dual-Ghia from Las Vegas, Nevada to Los Angeles, lecherous, heavy-drinking pop singer Dino (Dean Martin) is forced to detour through Climax, Nevada. There he meets the amateur songwriting team of Barney Millsap (Cliff Osmond), a gas station attendant, and piano teacher Orville J. Spooner (Ray Walston), a man easily given to jealousy. Hoping to interest Dino in their songs, Barney disables the "Italian" sports car and tells Dino he will need to remain in town until new parts arrive from Milan. (Dual-Ghia was actually an American Brand, mating a Dodge frame, drivetrain, and engine with Italian coachwork.)
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kim Novak
Polly the Pistol
Ray Walston
Orville Jeremiah Spooner
Cliff Osmond
Barney Milsap
Doro Merande
Mrs. Pettibone
Bobo Lewis
Waitress
Tom Nolan
Johnnie Mulligan
Alice Pearce
Mrs. Mulligan
John Fiedler
Rev. Carruthers