The Thrill of It All

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The Thrill of It All
Directed by Norman Jewison
Produced by Ross Hunter
Martin Melcher
Written by Larry Gelbart (story)
Carl Reiner
Starring Doris Day
James Garner
Arlene Francis
Music by Frank De Vol
Cinematography Russell Metty
Editing by Milton Carruth
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 17 July 1963
Running time 108 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
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The Thrill of It All (1963) is a romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison starring Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, and ZaSu Pitts. The screenplay was written by Larry Gelbart and Carl Reiner. Reiner also plays a cameo as a character actor appearing on TV in various nasty roles.

Reiner had originally conceived the project for Judy Holliday, who developed cancer and had to bow out of the project, according to Reiner's reminiscence during his videotaped "Archive of American Television" interview. (Holliday died of cancer in 1965 at the age of 43.)

[edit] Plot summary

The story of the film centres around urban housewife Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) and her husband, a successful gynecologist and devoted family man, Gerald (James Garner). Beverly is offered the opportunity to star for a television commercial advertising soap. After a shaky start, she gets a contract for $80,000 per year to appear on the weekly TV commercials. Soon the TV studio places greater and greater demands on the unlikely TV star. Gerald becomes jealous of the fact that she is now out-earning him, and their relationship slowly deteriorates until their eventual reconciliation.

[edit] Cast

  • Doris Day ... Beverly Boyer
  • James Garner ... Dr. Gerald Boyer
  • Arlene Francis ... Mrs. Fraleigh
  • Edward Andrews ... Gardiner Fraleigh
  • Reginald Owen ... Old Tom Fraleigh
  • Zasu Pitts ... Olivia
  • Elliott Reid ... Mike Palmer
  • Alice Pearce ... Irving's wife
  • Kym Karath ... Maggie Boyer
  • Brian Nash ... Andy Boyer
  • Lucy Landau ... Mrs. Goethe
  • Paul Hartman ... Dr. Taylor
  • Hayden Rorke ... Billings
  • Alex Gerry ... Stokely
  • Robert Gallagher ... Van Camp

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1960s
40 Pounds of Trouble • The Thrill of It All • Send Me No Flowers • The Art of Love • The Cincinnati Kid • The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)• In the Heat of the Night (1967) • The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)• Gaily, Gaily
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