Lover Come Back

1961
Approved
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

YOUR RATING

Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Edie Adams, Jack Kruschen, Jack Oakie, and Tony Randall in Lover Come Back (1961)

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Screwball Comedy Comedy Drama Romance

A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.

Director
- Delbert Mann
Writers
- Stanley Shapiro
- Paul Henning
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Delbert Mann
Writers
- Stanley Shapiro
- Paul Henning
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

Trivia
Hollywood legend claims that, during the filming of Rock Hudson and Doris Day's bathing suit scene (set on a soundstage beach) one of Hudson's testicles kept popping out from his swimtrunks. While screening dailies the next afternoon, the crew laughed so hard, they became teary-eyed, especially when the projectionist figured how to roll the film back-and-forth so it looked like Hudson's testicle was doing a "dance."

Goofs
Miller drunkenly tells Carol that he's flying from New York back to Richmond, "just passing over Pittsburgh." Not even close.

Quotes
Jerry Webster: Okay, so I've sewn a few wild oats.
Carol Templeton: A few? You could qualify for a farm loan!

Connections
Featured in Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)

Soundtracks
Lover Come Back
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Frank De Vol
Sung by Doris Day during the opening credits

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Review

Featured review

7/10

funny, but what a horrible guy!

Classic Day/Hudson sex comedy, with the two playing battling ad execs. This one is very funny and well paced, with the usual battles and confusion between Day's gullible virgin and Hudson's charming cad.

What struck me most about this movie was exactly what an awful, awful person Hudson plays. An interesting aspect of movies of this time is how many of them feature male characters who have no morals or scruples, but even by the standards of the time Jerry Webster seems particularly odious. And for me this is what makes this movie 7-star instead of 8-star. Because the movie insists that you have some sympathy for his character. If he were not played by a charming handsome guy no one would have sympathy for him. He deserves a horse-whipping. He doesn't get one, alas, but the movie is quite funny.