Rent Lover Come Back (1961)
3.5 of 5 from 72 ratings
1h 42min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall light up the screen with laughter aplenty in this romantic comedy that features Day and Hudson as two Madison Avenue advertising rivals. Account executive uses unethical means of securing accounts while Day lures clients with her charm and knowledge. But when he steals a client from under her nose, revenge propels her to infiltrate his secret VIP campaign in order to persuade the mystery product's scientist to switch to her advertising firm. Unbeknownst to her, the scientist is actually Hudson, who's enjoying his deception and her company expense account.
- Actors:
- Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B. Davis, Howard St. John, Joe Flynn, Jack Albertson, Charles Watts, Ward Ramsey, Karen Norris, Donna Douglas, Dorothy Abbott, Fred Aldrich, Fletcher Allen, Don Anderson, Phil Arnold, Alex Ball
- Directors:
- Delbert Mann
- Producers:
- Martin Melcher, Stanley Shapiro
- Writers:
- Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A History of Gay Cinema: According to Hollywood, Drama Films & TV, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Doris Day, Holidays Film Collection, Romantic Film Pairings for Valentine's Day
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/05/2019
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, German
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Chemistry 101: The Film Duo of Doris Day and Rock Hudson
- Theatrical Trailers
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Reviews (1) of Lover Come Back
Period Comedy. - Lover Come Back review by Steve
The second- and best- of three Doris Day/Rock Hudson comedies which now seem to define an image of conservative America between the Eisenhower boom and the permissive society. An industrious, straight-arrow female designer attempts to take down a rival advertising executive/playboy who gets his contracts by offering bachelor friendly add ons.
Like Pillow Talk (1959), it's a comedy of mistaken identity as Rock pretends to be a sexually naive nerd in order to sabotage Doris' plans to ruin him. And it's the usual candyfloss about sexual propriety as the virginal career woman truly imagines sex outside marriage is a fate worth than death. Though naturally, it's ok for the man to play around...
All the Day-Hudson pictures benefit from Tony Randall in support, here as Rock's skittish Madison Avenue boss. The main interest is the period feel of Manhattan in the golden age of advertising. Plus the upmarket locations, the chic fashions, the bachelor pad set decor and the dayglo colour scheme. As was the vogue, DD sings the title song over animated credits.
This was once a date night picture for middle class married couples; predictable, but not without wit. Now it's mainly nostalgia. What's most unexpected is all this froth is directed by Delbert Mann, who came from tv and is known for edgy social realism. Maybe in 1961, the studio thought portraying a woman as a competent self-reliant professional was avant-garde!
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