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Staring: Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Jackie Russell, Robert Morse
Director: Gene Kelly
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
EAN: 0024543190899
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-09-06
Running Time: 91
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1967-05-25

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Director Gene Kelly demonstrates wonderful style and sophistication in this adult farce that stars Walter Matthau and Robert Morse as two husbands with one thing on their minds. Matthau is Paul Manning, a happily married "typical suburban male." Wanting other women but having no idea how to go about it, he turns to his friend, Ed (Morse), for a few tips on infidelity. And Ed willingly dishes up some of the funniest advice and anecdotes ever seen-brought to life by a top cast that includes Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Joey Bishop, Sid Caesar, Art Carney, Phil Silvers and Jayne Mansfield. Despite its delicate subject matter, this wild, wicked comedy is executed with such charm and affection that it won strong critical praise and was one of the top moneymakers of its year.

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Directed with a lascivious eye by Gene Kelly, A Guide for the Married Man has the illicit kick of finding a vintage copy of Playboy in your dad's sock drawer. With its zoom shots of ample cleavage and jiggling bottoms, this sophisticated sex farce is Naughty with a capital N. Walter Matthau stars as a desperate husband with a roving eye who is "ready to take the plunge." Robert Morse costars as his philandering best friend who becomes his "coach." Morse's "pointers" are acted out by a stellar cast of comic actors. Scoring highest are Carl Reiner as a vainglorious movie star arranging a cross-global tryst; Joey Bishop as a husband who steadfastly denies, denies, denies even after he is caught in the act by his wife, and Terry Thomas as a man driven to an early grave after his paramour (Jayne Mansfield) loses her bra in his home. The film's bevy of beauties includes ravishing Inger Stevens as Matthau's unsuspecting wife and Sue Ann Langdon as the neighborhood tease. Just to make the film even more '60s, The Turtles perform the title song. A Guide for the Married Man is so wrong, so dated, and so sexist. It's a wonder it hasn't been remade! --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews

A Guide for the Married Man, 2009-05-04
The product arrrived on time and in the promised condition. I would be happy to purchase from this seller again.

Review of Guide for the Married Man, 2010-02-06
Comedy in which married man is instructed by neighbor on how to cheat on his wife, Neibor gets caught at the end.

Hilarious if Dated., 2009-05-07
This is vintage Walter Matthau at his comic best. There is a slew of other secondary comics that make appearances. The whole effect is entertaining, particularly for those of us who lived through the sixties.

Classic 1960's comedy., 2009-09-18
Classic 1960's movie before the Viet Nam war put Hollywood in a dark mood. Fun, Fun, Fun! Packed with classic stars!

Adultry Is Funny?, 2009-04-30
Let me get this straight. Matthau is married to one of the hottest women I've ever seen, and he lets his scumbag weasel friend, talk him into cheating on her?

There are funny situations, and lots of eye candy. (The scene of Ingar Stevens exercising, OMG!) But overall I find the whole thing distasteful. The music is great, and to his credit, Matthau turns out to be a good guy.

Good to watch on the late late show, if you can't sleep. Better watch Bishop Sheen afterwards!

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