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Man's Favorite Sport? (1963)

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Movie Info

Roger Willoughby (Rock Hudson) is a super salesman of sporting goods who sells fishing equipment but knows nothing about the sport. Roger's boss Cadwalader (John McGiver) gets an idea from publicity director Abigail (Paula Prentiss) to enter him in a fishing contest, and the inept angler has a series of comic consequences before he wins the contest with some help from a bear. When Roger admits that his winning the event was merely luck, he turns in the prize and loses his job. Roger eventually

Unrated, 2 hr. 1 min.

Comedy, Romance

Directed By: Howard Hawks

Written By: John Fenton Murray, Steve McNeil

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1964 Wide

On DVD: Jul 1, 2003

MCA Universal Home Video

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Cast

Rock Hudson
Roger Willoughby
Paula Prentiss
Abigail Page
Maria Perschy
Isolde "Easy" Mueller
John McGiver
William Cadwalader
Charlene Holt
Tex Connors
Roscoe Karns
Maj. Phipps
James Westerfield
Policeman
Norman Alden
John Screaming Eagle
Forrest Lewis
Skaggs
Regis Toomey
Bagley
Tyler McVey
Customer Bush
Kathie Browne
Marcia
Don Allen
Tom
Jim Bannon
Forest Ranger
Paul Bryar
Policeman
Chuck Courtney
Med Flory
Tucker
Paul Langton
Mr. Stern
Margaret Sheridan
Cadwalader's Secretary
Edmund Williams
Desk Clerk
John Zaremba
Joan Tewkesbury
Ollie O'Toole
Waiter
Holger Bendixen
Fisherman
Lincoln Demyan
Scoutmaster
Betty Hanna
Women in Elevator
Tom Allen
Christopher White
Boy Scout

Critic Reviews for Man's Favorite Sport?

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (6) | DVD (2)

Matters are helped along somewhat by an attractive and spirited cast, but not enough to keep the film consistently amusing.

May 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety

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Man's Favorite Sport?, the film's theme song has it, is girls. It certainly is not originality or comedy.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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A.H. Weiler

New York Times

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Outdoorsman-columnist Rock Hudson suddenly finds he has to live up to his reputation in this 1964 Howard Hawks comedy that's funnier than it has any right to be.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Chicago Reader

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Hawks delivers his usual heavy-handed direction, but the film's premise is too flimsy to spread over two hours. The script is marred by tired comic routines and slow pacing.

May 13, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

In many ways the quintessential Hollywood auteur movie.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Here Hawks moves a little slower, cribbing some of his own early jokes, but still dead funny.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Limp screwball comedy from the usually reliable Howard Hawks.

November 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Inventive slapstick comedy and a fun movie.

August 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Cute Comedy

September 21, 2004 Comment

Tony Medley

Tolucan Times Source: Tolucan Times

Overly long screwball comedy from director Hawks who sticks to a formula he used better in Bringing Up Baby.

March 30, 2004 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Late in the day, overlong, but vastly enjoyable Hawks' comedt

September 24, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Here Hawks moves a little slower, cribbing some of his own early jokes, but still dead funny.

August 30, 2002 Comment

Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

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Paula is charming and goofy, Rock as adapt at comedy as always, a pleasant way to pass an hour and a half.

May 4, 2009

jay nixon

Super Reviewer

My dad always mentions Rock's homosexuality everytime I see this film, but it shines brilliantly. There is a genuine chemistry between Paula and Mr. Hudson, and slapstick lovers will certainly love this timeless classic.

June 30, 2007