The Glass Bottom Boat
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- This article is about the 1966 film. For the actual type of boat, see Glass bottom boat.
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| Directed by | Frank Tashlin |
| Produced by | Everett Freeman Martin Melcher |
| Written by | Everett Freeman |
| Starring | Doris Day Rod Taylor Arthur Godfrey |
| Music by | Frank De Vol |
| Editing by | John McSweeney Jr. |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | June 9, 1966 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Glass Bottom Boat, also known as The Spy in Lace Panties, is a 1966 romantic comedy film and is considered a musical. The film stars Doris Day and Rod Taylor.
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[edit] Plot
Jennifer Nelson (Day) and Bruce Templeton (Taylor) meet when Bruce reels in her mermaid suit, leaving Jennifer bottomless in the waters of Catalina Island. She later discovers that Bruce is the big boss at her place of work (a NASA research lab). Bruce hires Jennifer to be his biographer as a ruse to try and win her affections. There's one problem: security chief Homer Cripps (Paul Lynde) believes she's a Russian spy and has her placed under surveillance. When Jennifer catches on...Watch out!
[edit] Cast
This movie also stars Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver, Paul Lynde, Edward Andrews, Eric Fleming, Dom DeLuise, Elisabeth Fraser, Dick Martin, George Tobias, Alice Pearce, Ellen Corby, Dee J. Thompson, Richard Alden and an uncredited cameo by Robert Vaughn of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. fame.
[edit] DVD
The 2005 DVD release includes three vintage featurettes (Catalina Island, Every Girl's Dream, and NASA) as well as the Oscar-Winning cartoon The Dot and the Line.
