All in a Night's Work (film)
All in a Night's Work is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic screwball comedy film directed by Joseph Anthony and starring Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine.[2]
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| Directed by | Joseph Anthony |
| Screenplay by | Edmund Beloin Maurice Richlin Sidney Sheldon |
| Story by | Owen Elford (play) Margit Veszi |
| Produced by | Hal Wallis |
| Starring | Dean Martin Shirley MacLaine Cliff Robertson Charles Ruggles |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | Howard A. Smith |
| Music by | André Previn |
Production company | Wallis-Hazen |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.2 million[1] |
Plot
Tony Ryder's uncle, the wealthy publisher of magazines, has just died. The young playboy Tony inherits the paper but is left with a board of directors that thinks he's unsuited for the task, plus a hotel detective who thinks Tony should know about a girl who was seen running away from his uncle's Palm Beach hotel room, wearing nothing but a Turkish towel and an earring, on the night of his death.
Tony discovers that the young lady in question, Katie Robbins, is employed in his own research department. The board decrees that he must send in the detective to watch her and head off any attempts at blackmail. But the more time Tony spends trying to get Katie to open up about what her relationship to his uncle was, the less he cares. Complications ensue in the form of Ms. Robbins's fiancé—he's a strait-laced veterinarian—and the board's insistence that Katie be silenced at all costs.
Ryder "kidnaps" a dog off the street so he can have an excuse to enter Kingsley's veterinarian office and size him up.Ryder beats a hasty retreat when the dog's owner appears. When Kingsley's parents arrive to meet Katie,they quickly discover Katie's low tolerance for alcohol;and a mink coat in her closet that suggests the worst(An unwanted gift from an admirer,she hasn't figured out what to do with it).
An evening round of the best nightclubs in New York has the stuffy Mrs. Kingsley at her limit;but henpecked dad Dr.Kingsley Sr. enjoys being let off the leash.Ryder proves Warren Jr. to be an unreliable "Momma's Boy"; and shows his own sincerity by proposing to Katie in a crowded elevator of witnesses.
Cast
- Dean Martin as Tony Ryder
- Shirley MacLaine as Katie Robbins
- Cliff Robertson as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
- Charles Ruggles as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr. (billed as Charlie Ruggles)
- Norma Crane as Marge Coombs
- Jack Weston as Lasker
- John Hudson as Harry Lane
- Jerome Cowan as Sam Weaver
- Gale Gordon as Oliver Dunnin
- Ralph Dumke as Baker
- Mabel Albertson as Mrs. Kingsley
- Rex Evans as Carter
- Mary Treen as Miss Schuster
- Roy Gordon as Albright
- Ian Wolfe as O'Hara
- Rosemarie Stack as Tony's Blonde 'Friend' (uncredited)
- Charles Evans as Colonel Ryder(the deceased)
- Dick Wessel as Janitor(uncredited)
- Richard Deacon as Fur Salon Salesman(uncredited)
"Julius Jr. as "Borrowed Dog"
See also
References
- "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. 10 Jan 1961. p. 58.
- Crowther, Bosley (March 23, 1961). "All in a Night s Work (1961) Miss MacLaine in 'All in a Night's Work'". The New York Times.