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Critic's Choice

Year:

1963

Duration:

100 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

5.8

Director:

Don Weis

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1963-04-13

Filming Locations: Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Donald Losby

Bob Hope

Parker Ballantine

Lucille Ball

Angela Ballantine

Marilyn Maxwell

Ivy London

Rip Torn

Dion Kapakos

Jessie Royce Landis

Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

John Dehner

S.P. Champlain

Jim Backus

Dr. William Von Hagedorn

Ricky Kelman

John Ballantine

Dorothy Green

Mrs. Margaret Champlain

Marie Windsor

Sally Orr

Joseph Gallison

Philip 'Phil' Yardley (as Evan McCord)

Joan Shawlee

Marge Orr

Richard Deacon

Harvey Rittenhouse

Jerome Cowan

Joe Rosenfield

Lurene Tuttle

Mother in 'Sisters Three'

Ernestine Wade

Thelma

Stanley Adams

Bartender

Pamela Austin

Daughter (uncredited)

Kathy Bennett

Daughter (uncredited)

Mary Benoit

Minor Role (uncredited)

Kelly Benson

Audience Member (uncredited)

Nesdon Booth

Minor Role (uncredited)

Joe Brooks

Catcher (uncredited)

Theona Bryant

Beauty Operator (uncredited)

Robert Buckingham

Spectator (uncredited)

Judy Cannon

Spectator (uncredited)

Ahna Capri

Daughter (uncredited)

Gordon Carveth

Spectator (uncredited)

Louis Cavalier

Little League Rooter (uncredited)

Stephen Coit

Waiter at Sardi's (uncredited)

Lillian Culver

Fat Woman (uncredited)

Richard Davies

Spectator (uncredited)

Mimi Dillard

Maid (uncredited)

Richard Durham

Robert DeMartin (uncredited)

James Flavin

Security Guard (uncredited)

Sam Flint

Little League Rooter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Audience Member at 'Sisters Three' (uncredited)

Ray Foster

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jimmy Gaines

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Sid Gould

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Judd Holdren

2nd Opponent (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Bald Audience Member at 'Sisters Three' (uncredited)

Brenda Howard

Girlfriend (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

Joe, the Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Marilee Jones

1st Usherette (uncredited)

Matty Jordan

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Stacy King

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Audience Member at 'Sisters Three' (uncredited)

Frank London

The Butcher (uncredited)

John Marlowe

Spectator (uncredited)

Lea Marmer

Spectator (uncredited)

Tom Mattox

1st Opponent (uncredited)

Harold Miller

First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)

Joy Monroe

Vicki Grant (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery

Actor in 'Week End' (uncredited)

Lyle Moraine

2nd Baseman (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Audience Member (uncredited)

Patricia Olson

Barbara Yardley (uncredited)

Al Paige

Pitcher (uncredited)

Art Passarella

Umpire (uncredited)

Jack Pepper

1st Baseman (uncredited)

Beverly Powers

Girl with Dion (uncredited)

Linda Rand

2nd Usherette (uncredited)

Allan Ray

Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

Soupy Sales

Boston Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Anita Samuels

Audience Member (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Audience Member (uncredited)

Barry Seltzer

Minor Role (uncredited)

Eddie Shaw

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Audience Member (uncredited)

Hal Smith

Drunk (uncredited)

Michael St. Angel

Actor, Jimmy in 'Week End' (uncredited)

Art Stewart

Umpire (uncredited)

Ron Stokes

Partygoer (uncredited)

Desiree Sumarra

Trophy Girl (uncredited)

Elizabeth Thompson

Audience Member (uncredited)

Nancy Vaughn

Girl with Dion (uncredited)

Ralph Volkie

Audience Member (uncredited)

Robert Whaley

3rd Baseman (uncredited)

Grace Lee Whitney

Minor Role (uncredited)

Rhoda Williams

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Last of four feature films that Bob Hope and Lucille Ball made together.

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Because of poor audience reaction at test screenings, this film sat unreleased for a year before being sent to theaters. The delay did not help, as it received generally unfavorable reviews.

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While talking about Broadway hits, Bob Hope's character mentions Mary, Mary, the film version of which Warner Bros. had turned into a Debbie Reynolds vehicle released later that same year.

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Quotes

Angela Ballantine: Listen to this: Opening night report by Parker Ballentine. I think it's time for all us Transylvanian peasants to pick up our torches and march menacingly up to that castle on the hill because Dr. Frankenstein is making monsters again.

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John Ballantine: For the record, Sisters Three was written by Angela Ballantine, directed by Dion Kapakos, and produced by mistake.

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John Ballantine: So, the trouble must be psychosomatic. Nonorganic, therefore psychically motivated.

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