Phffft

1954
Approved
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.1K

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While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into one another all over town.

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Comedy Romance

While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into each other all over town.While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into each other all over town.While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into each other all over town.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Secretary
(uncredited)

Leon Alton

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Merry Anders

Marsha
(uncredited)

Mylee Andreason

Dance Teacher
(uncredited)

Frank Arnold

Art Teacher
(uncredited)

Fay Baker

Nurse Serena
(uncredited)

Eugene Borden

Teddy - Maitre d'
(uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Sue Carlton

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Harry Cheshire

Nina's Divorce Lawyer
(uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Director
- Mark Robson
Writer
- George Axelrod
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Trivia
Columbia Pictures approached George Axelrod to produce a film version of his very popular play, "The Seven Year Itch," but the film rights were tied up as long as it was running on Broadway. He instead offered them "Phffft," an earlier play of his dealing with a similar subject.

Goofs
Late in the movie when Charlie is visiting Nina at her home, Charlie and Nina walk over to the couch. It is too dark there and when Nina begins to sit down, the crew turns on an extra light to brighten the scene.

Quotes
Charlie Nelson: A mustache is a very important thing. That's part of the famous Charlie Nelson theory in the efficacy of face hair in dealing with the opposite sex.
Robert Tracey: [Slightly taken aback] What?
Charlie Nelson: Always remember this: dames become unpredictable when faced with a mustache. It both arouses, and angers them, because... being as it is a symbol of masculinity, they feel drawn toward it.

Connections
Featured in The Lady with the Torch (1999)

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Featured review

7/10

Whimisical updating of the Awful Truth

The four stars make a marvelous quadrangle, and the physical comedy is great. My one disappointment is Richard Quine's direction. Lemmon must've liked him because they did at least 3 movies together, but he always seems to be trying to unexplicably extract pathos out of screwball situations, and this technique quickly wears thin. That aside, still a lot of fun.