Boeing Boeing
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- This article is about the 1965 Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis comedy. For 1960 French movie, see Boeing Boeing (1960 film).
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| Directed by | John Rich |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Written by | Edward Anhalt Marc Camoletti |
| Starring | Jerry Lewis Tony Curtis Dany Saval Thelma Ritter |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 1965 |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Boeing Boeing was filmed from April 8 to June 30, 1965. It was released on December 22, 1965 by Paramount Pictures (see 1965 in film).
[edit] Plot
Bernard Lawrence (Tony Curtis) is an American journalist stationed in Paris, France. A playboy, he has devised a sophisticated timetable to organise his three ongoing love affairs. His girlfriends are all flight attendants, working for a variety of different airlines, and they all spend the night at Bernard's apartment whenever they stop over in Paris. However, each of them believes she is the only one, and accordingly they must never meet. Bertha, Bernard's faithful housekeeper (Thelma Ritter), has a hard time managing his affairs, preparing special diets for each of them, rearranging photographs and, generally, keeping track of what is going on.
Bernard's life is turned upside down following (a) a change of schedule for one of his girlfriends and (b) the arrival of Robert Reed (Jerry Lewis), an old friend of his who wants to stay at his apartment for a day or two. The ensuing complications lead to "dangerous" situations until, eventually, all three flight attendants are in the apartment at the same time and still think there is no one else there.
[edit] Trivia
- Jerry Lewis was originally considered to play opposite Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot. However, that role went to Jack Lemmon.
- This was Jerry Lewis' last film for Paramount, a company that he had made films exclusively with since 1949's My Friend Irma.
