Three on a Couch

Three on a Couch
Directed by	Jerry Lewis
Produced by	Jerry Lewis
Written by	Bob Ross Samuel A. Taylor
Starring	Jerry Lewis Janet Leigh James Best Mary Ann Mobley Kathleen Freeman
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	July 7, 1966 (1966-07-07)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,875,000 (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1] 464,995 admissions (France)[2]

Three on a Couch is a comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.

Filmed from September 13-December 1, 1965, it was released on July 7, 1966 by Columbia Pictures. Co-starring are Janet Leigh, James Best, Mary Ann Mobley and Kathleen Freeman.

This was the first film that Lewis made for Columbia after ending a 17-year partnership with Paramount Pictures. This is also the first film that Lewis directed in which he did not receive a screenwriting credit. Years later, Three on a Couch was included as one of the choices in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.^[3]

Plot summary

Christopher Pride wants to marry his girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth Acord. However, she is too involved with her patients and she doesn't think that she would be able to leave them to live in Paris for a year. Pride decides to solve her patients' problems after finding out that most of them are merely despondent after having relationships go bad. Therefore, he decides to "date" these women, without Acord's knowledge, and give them back their self-esteem so that they will be less dependent on their doctor.

The film comes to a climax when all the women, including the psychiatrist, assemble at a party with Pride present. He quickly switches from one character to the next depending on which woman is present.

Production

Comedians Buddy Lester and Fritz Feld have cameos. Janet Leigh previously co-starred with Lewis and Dean Martin in Living It Up.

Main cast

References

External links

• Three on a Couch at the Internet Movie Database
• Three on a Couch at AllMovie
• Jerry-Lewis.info's review of Three on a Couch