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Pillow Talk (1959)

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The fabulously successful Pillow Talk was essentially Shop Around the Corner for the 1950s. Playboy composer Rock Hudson and interior-decorator Doris Day are obliged to share a telephone party line. Naturally, their calls overlap at the least opportune times, and just as naturally, this leads to Hudson and Day despising each other without ever having met in person. In a cute but convenient coincidence, Doris' boy friend is Tony Randall, who also happens to be Hudson's best pal. Thus Hudson gets

Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Michael Gordon

Written By: Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro

In Theaters: Oct 6, 1959 Wide

On DVD: Apr 13, 1999

Cast

Rock Hudson
Brad Allen
Doris Day
Jan Morrow
Tony Randall
Jonathan Forbes
Thelma Ritter
Alma
Nick Adams
Tony Walters
Julia Meade
Marie
Allen Jenkins
Harry
Marcel Dalio
Pierot
Lee Patrick
Mrs. Walters
Mary McCarty
Nurse Resnick
Alex Gerry
Dr. Maxwell
Hayden Rorke
Mr. Conrad
Valerie Allen
Eileen
Jacqueline Beer
Yvette
Arlen Stuart
Tilda
Don Beddoe
Mr. Walters
Robert B. Williams
Mr. Graham
Perry Blackwell
Perry
Muriel Landers
"Moose" Fat Girl
William Schallert
Hotel Clerk
Karen Norris
Miss Dickerson
Dorothy Abbott
Singer
Lillian Culver
Woman in elevator
Joseph Mell
Dry Goods Man
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Trucker
Frances Sternhagen
Harry Tyler
Hansom Cabby

Critic Reviews for Pillow Talk

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (2) | DVD (7)

Pillow Talk is a sleekly sophisticated production that deals chiefly with s-e-x.

May 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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Compulsively mainstream as only 50s Hollywood could be, and never very funny.

May 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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One of the most lively and up-to-date comedy-romances of the year.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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Hudson and Day's Sex and the City, '50s-style.

December 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

The first -- and best -- of the witty, well-produced sex comedies starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

May 28, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

...Hudson and Day's palpable chemistry together [is] evident almost immediately...

August 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

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Part of the Universal DVD Collection (Aug 2007), which also includes Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers.

July 25, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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The first and the best of the three romantic comedies Doris Day made with Rock Hudson at Universal offers a good case of deconstructing the stars' respective screen images.

July 25, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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It often seems complacent and shallow.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Classic, if not flawless, '50s bedroom comedy.

June 30, 2005 Comment

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Day is the prudish spinster forced to share a party-line with philandering Hudson in this charming sex comedy.

July 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Romantic comedy about a couple who haven't met but share a telephone line. If you like Shop Around The Corner, You've Got Mail, How To Lose A Guy In 10 days then you will like this movie.

September 9, 2011

Candy Rose

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I don't think Doris Day and Rock Hudson have too much chemistry in the conventional sense, but it certainly is pleasurable watching them squabble. This movie has just the right amount of retro and cheese to make it delightful.

August 14, 2011

Jennifer Xu

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Pillow Talk Quotes

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1. Jan Morrow: Mr. Allen, this may come as a shock to you, but there are some men who don't end every sentence with a proposition.
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