Fleeing from a party in Connecticut where too many men have made too many passes at her, Debbie Reynolds takes refuge at the horse ranch of Curd Jurgens, a grumpy leading man of the stage who has retired. He offers her a job as his secretary, she accepts, and feelings rise about her between Jurgens, John Saxon, and Troy Donahue.
Blake Edwards' movie is based on a Broadway hit by F. Hugh Herbert, but it;s too mannered and polite to raise much laughter, despite housekeeper Estelle Winwood nursing a sick seagull and Jurgens' back going out every time he tries to be masculine. Edwards' screenplay opens up the show expertly, but despite a cast that includes Alexis Smith and Mary Astor, it's a dull non-affair.
Blake Edwards' movie is based on a Broadway hit by F. Hugh Herbert, but it;s too mannered and polite to raise much laughter, despite housekeeper Estelle Winwood nursing a sick seagull and Jurgens' back going out every time he tries to be masculine. Edwards' screenplay opens up the show expertly, but despite a cast that includes Alexis Smith and Mary Astor, it's a dull non-affair.