Kiss Them for Me (film)
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DVD cover of the film
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| Directed by | Stanley Donen |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald |
| Written by | Luther Davis |
| Screenplay by |
Julius J. Epstein Frederic Wakeman |
| Based on | Kiss Them for Me (play) |
| Starring |
Cary Grant Jayne Mansfield Ray Walston Suzy Parker Werner Klemperer Leif Erickson Larry Blyden |
| Music by |
Lionel Newman Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
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Production
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Jerry Wald Productions
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| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
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Release date
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Running time
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,945,000 |
| Box office | $1,800,000 (US rentals) |
Kiss Them for Me is a 1957 20th Century-Fox comedy film directed by Stanley Donen. As an adaptation of the 1945 Broadway play of the same name, the film stars Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield, and co-stars Ray Walston, Werner Klemperer, Leif Erickson, Larry Blyden, and introduces model-turned-actress Suzy Parker in her first major film role.
Three decorated Navy pilots finagle a four-day leave in San Francisco. They land a posh suite at The Fairmont San Francisco Hotel where Commander Andy Crewson (Cary Grant), a master of procurement, arranges to populate it with wine, women and song.
Blonde bombshell Alice Kratzner (Jayne Mansfield) is one of these women, lured to the suite under the false pretense that Crewson has a stash of nylon stockings. Once there, she is naturally attracted to Crewson, but later turns her attention to Lieutenant McCann (Ray Walston), a married man who also is in the process of running for a Congressional seat back home in Massachusetts. If he is elected, McCann can leave the Navy immediately and return to civilian life.
Lieutenant Wallace (Werner Klemperer) tries to get the three pilots, including "Mississip'" (Larry Blyden), to make morale-raising speeches at the plants of shipyard magnate Eddie Turnbill (Leif Erickson), so that Turnbill will vouch for the men with the Navy and also to grease a lucrative job for himself upon leaving the service. Crewson and his cohorts, however, are physically and mentally exhausted from the war and simply want to enjoy a few days away from it.
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