Walk, Don't Run

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Walk, Don't Run

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Directed by Charles Walters
Produced by Sol C. Siegel
Written by Robert Russell
Frank Ross
Screenplay by Sol Saks
Garson Kanin
Starring Cary Grant
Samantha Eggar
Jim Hutton
Music by Quincy Jones
Cinematography Harry Stradling Sr.
Editing by Walter A. Thompson
James D. Wells
Studio Granley Company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates June 29, 1966 (USA)
Running time 114 minutes
Language English
Box office $7,500,000[1]

Walk, Don't Run is a 1966 Technicolor comedy film starring Cary Grant and set in Tokyo during the Olympic Games in 1964. The movie marked the last appearance by Grant in a feature film, and is a remake of the 1943 film The More the Merrier.

This was also the final film of director Charles Walters.

Plot

Sir William Rutland (Cary Grant) is an important English businessman who arrives in the city two days early and is greeted by the housing shortage caused by the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. While at the British Embassy seeking help, he notices an announcement of an available apartment and decides to check the place out. He finds himself at the residence of Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar) who insists that it would be improper to take him in as a housemate—for while she forgot to advertise so, she naturally preferred a woman. Easton eventually lets Rutland stay—half because she is persuaded it is her patriotic duty to take him in and half because of Rutland’s own self-assured pushiness.

Rutland then sublets half of his half of the cramped space to American Olympic competitor Steve Davis (Jim Hutton). While Easton is less than thrilled with the arrangement, she has to put up with it, as she has already spent Rutland's share of the rent. Rutland sets about playing matchmaker for the two young people, in spite of their disparate personalities and Easton’s engagement to boringly dependable British diplomat Julius P. Haversack (John Standing).

Davis repeatedly refuses to reveal what sport he is competing in. Rutland meddles in the young couple's romantic troubles. To further his matchmaking, he even strips down to his boxer shorts and a T-shirt so he can pretend to be a competitor and talk to Davis during his event, race walking, and try to heal the breach between the young lovers.

Cast

Score

Main article: Walk, Don't Run (soundtrack)

The film was scored and orchestrated by Quincy Jones, with Peggy Lee contributing to the writing of the songs "Stay with Me" and "Happy Feet". The score featured Toots Thielmans on harmonica and the trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison.

Reception

The film grossed $7,500,000[1] at the box office, earning $4.5 million in US theatrical rentals.[2] It was the 23rd highest grossing film of 1966.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Box Office Information for Walk, Don't Run". The Numbers. Retrieved June 6, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 pg 8

Bibliography

  • Reid, John Howard. "Walk, Don't Run." Reid's Film Index, no. 36 (1998): 178–181.

External links

Films directed by Charles Walters

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