The Man from the Diners' Club

1963
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1h 36m

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6.1/10

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Danny Kaye, Telly Savalas, Martha Hyer, Jay Novello, Kaye Stevens, and Cara Williams in The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)

An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job.

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An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job.An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job.An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job.

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IMDb RATING

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Danny Kaye

Ernest Klenk

Cara Williams

Sugar Pye

Martha Hyer

Lucy

Telly Savalas

Foots Pulardos

Everett Sloane

Mr. Martindale

Kaye Stevens

Bea Frampton

Howard Caine

Claude Bassanio

George Kennedy

George

Jay Novello

Mooseghian

Ann Morgan Guilbert

Ella Trask

Ronald Long

Minister

Henry Beckman

Policeman
(uncredited)

John Close

Patrolman Charlie Kinley
(uncredited)

Critt Davis

Florist Driver
(uncredited)

Robert Foulk

Policeman
(uncredited)

John Francis

Comet Messenger
(uncredited)

John Hart

Motorcycle Patrolman
(uncredited)

Bernie Kopell

Comet Messenger
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Persistent rumors (never confirmed) about this film suggest that it was originally intended as a vehicle for Jerry Lewis, and ended up starring Danny Kaye instead. Lewis made many films with Director Frank Tashlin, and they had a success (written by John Fenton Murray, who also worked on this film) with "It's Only Money" (1962). Many critics noted that the physical comedy involved in this film would have seemed more suited to a younger man than the 50-year-old Kaye; Lewis was 37.

Goofs
When the boss pulls away from the church in the closing chase scene, several crew members are reflected in the side of the car, including someone wearing very white shoes.

Quotes
Foots Pulardos: No loot! No plane fare! No getaway!
[Looking up]
Foots Pulardos: Somebody up there hates my guts.

Connections
Featured in Electric Money (2001)

Soundtracks
The Man from the Diners' Club
(1963)
Music by Johnny Lehmann
Lyrics by Steve Lawrence
Sung by Steve Lawrence

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5/10

Slower moving than I remembered it

This may be (I only did a little research) Danny Kaye's final lead role in the movies, yet comes only a few years after our favorite Danny Kaye movie, Me And The Colonel. I enjoyed The Man From the Diner's Club when I first watched it, which must have been whenever it arrived on television after its release in 1962-63 (when I was nine years old).

Seen today, the movie generally moves too slowly, especially in the beginning, as if most of the movie is a set up for the final climax and resolution. Yet the movie never quite catches fire, perhaps held back by the reliance on the familiar Danny Kaye "schtick", which by this point in his career must have been very familiar to theater goers.

We watched it during the Christmas holiday, 2015, as I wanted to share my decades old fondness for the film with my best friend, who gradually warmed to the movie as it developed.

But for me, a dyed in the wool Danny Kaye fan, the film stayed slow until the end.