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Pillow Talk

1959

Michael Gordon

Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter ...

6.7

3,086

Romance. Comedy Brad Allen, a song writer, is being financed by Jonathan Forbes, millionaire Broadway producer who would like Jan Morrow to be his third wife. Brad doesn't know that the woman on his two-party phone line is Jan, an interior decorator who is irritated that every time she picks up the phone Brad is playing the same song to a different woman And then by chance Brad sees Jan. Jonathan has described her and he recognizes her voice in the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Clever, witty screen play (...) [the] fun is transmitted to the audience in an easy and generous flow of ingeniously graphic situations and nimble repartee. (...) Color and some likeable music brighten this pretty film"
		Jack Moffitt The Hollywood Reporter	"The most exciting thing about it is that, under the surprisingly sophisticated direction of Michael Gordon, Rock Hudson undergoes the metamorphosis from stock leading man to one of the best light comedians in the business. (...) outstanding screenplay"
		Geoff Andrew Time Out	"[It] is frothily enjoyable, although in comparison with (say) the battle-of-the-sexes comedies of Hawks, it often seems complacent and shallow".
		William Thomas Empire	"The quintessential '50s rom-com (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Variety	"A sleekly sophisticated production (...) There is a good deal of cinema trickery in 'Pillow Talk'"
		Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle	"Hudson was a smoothie who knew exactly how to get a rise and a smile from [Day]"
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Compulsively mainstream as only 50s Hollywood could be, and never very funny"
		Tony Sloman Radio Times	"It's ultra-glossy froth, and the smart plot about Day and Hudson sharing a telephone party line won an Oscar for best story and screenplay (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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