Boys' Night Out (film)
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| Directed by | Michael Gordon |
| Produced by | Martin Ransohoff |
| Screenplay by | Ira Wallach |
| Story by | Arne Sultan Marvin Worth |
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Kim Novak James Garner Tony Randall |
| Music by | Frank De Vol |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling |
| Edited by | Tom McAdoo |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million |
Boys' Night Out is a 1962 American romantic comedy film, starring Kim Novak, James Garner, and Tony Randall, and featuring Janet Blair, Patti Page, Jessie Royce Landis, Oscar Homolka, Howard Duff and Howard Morris. It was directed by Michael Gordon and was written by Ira Wallach based on a story by Arne Sultan and Marvin Worth.
The film is about three men who are looking to meet needs that are not being satisfied in their marriages, and their bachelor friend, who arrange for a "kept woman", who is in reality a sociology student studying contemporary American men.
Three married men, George (Tony Randall), Doug (Howard Duff), and Howie (Howard Morris), and divorcé Fred (James Garner) are friends who commute to work from Greenwich, Connecticut, to New York City on the same train. Seeing Fred's philandering boss, Mr. Bingham (Larry Keating), with his mistress sets the men to fantasizing about sharing the expense of an apartment in the city as a love nest. As a gag, they give Fred the task of finding an unrealistically inexpensive apartment and a blonde "companion" to go with it.
Fred rents a luxurious suite from Peter Bowers (Jim Backus), who is desperate to find a tenant because the previous occupant was a highly publicized murder victim. By chance, Cathy (Kim Novak), a knockout of a blonde, also answers the advertisement for the apartment. Fred explains that the place has already been taken, but that he is also looking for a beautiful young "housekeeper" for his friends. To his surprise, she accepts the job. The boys are delighted; each tells his wife that he is taking a course one night a week to improve his mind so he can stay in New York overnight.
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