Don't Make Waves

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Don't Make Waves
original movie poster
Directed by	Alexander Mackendrick
Produced by	John Calley Martin Ransohoff
Written by	George Kirgo Maurice Richlin
Starring	Tony Curtis Claudia Cardinale Sharon Tate Robert Webber
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Editing by	Rita Roland Thomas Stanford
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	1967
Running time	97 min.
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Don't Make Waves (1967) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film which starred Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, and Sharon Tate.

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick the film depicted a series of romantic triangles between different groupings of the principal cast and supporting players. By the late 1960s the popularity of Tony Curtis as a matinee idol was beginning to wane however the film was considered topical as during the previous few years films and pop music which related to California beach culture, had proved very popular.

The film was Sharon Tate's third to be produced, but as it was the first to be released in cinemas, is generally considered to be her debut. MGM mounted an extensive publicity campaign upon its release that was based largely on Tate and her character, Malibu, and life sized cardboard cutouts of Tate wearing a bikini were placed in cinema foyers throughout the United States. It was also linked to a widespread advertising campaign by Coppertone which also featured Tate, but the film received generally poor reviews and failed to achieve success at the box-office.

In more recent times it has received more positive comments from reviewers, such as Leonard Maltin who describes it as "a gem", and makes note of the "fine direction and funny performance by Sharon Tate".

The Malibu Barbie doll, first produced in 1973, was based on Tate and her character, Malibu.

[edit] Cast

Actors	Characters	info
Tony Curtis	Carlo Cofield
Claudia Cardinale	Laura Califatti
Sharon Tate	Malibu
David Dave Draper	Harry Hollard
Joanna Barnes	Diane Prescott
Robert Webber	Rod Prescott
Reg Lewis	Monster
Mort Sahl	Sam Lingonberry
Dub Taylor	Electrician
Mary Grace Canfield	Seamstress
Holly Haze	Myrna
Sarah Selby	Ethyl
Julie Payne	Helen
Douglass Henderson	Henderson
Chester Yorton	Ted Gunder
Ann Elder	Millie Gunder
Marc London	Fred Barker
Paul Barselou	Pilot	as Paul Barselow
George Tyne	Newspaperman
David Fresco	Newspaperman
Gilbert Green	Newspaperman	as Gil Green
Eduardo Tirello	Decorator
Jim Backus	Himself	uncredited
Henry Backus	Himself	uncredited
China Lee	Topless swimmer	uncredited