The film concerns a newspaper reporter (Guy Williams) who quits his job in Dallas and moves to New York to become a playwright. On the way, he meets a very strange but pretty young lady (Diana Lynn) who is destined to marry him--it's THAT obvious. In New York, they have some bizarre adventures that practically defy description.
The only reason I saw this film is that it was directed by William Castle--the same man who brought a long string of goofy but fun horror films in the 1950s and 60s. I saw none of this director's trademarks and longed for something like 'Emergo'--a gimmick where Castle came up with a skeleton to go flying across the audience during his "House on Haunted Hill". Well, frankly, this comedy could have used Emergo--or SOMETHING to make it gel.
The film stars, Diana Lynn and Guy Williams, are two handsome young actors that failed to carry the film. Most of this isn't their fault, as their characters (particularly Lynn's) were written rather clumsily and were also given nothing plot-wise to help them. It was as if the writer thought that tossing one goofy situation after another after another into the film would result in a good film. Well, this was NOT the case as too often these gimmicks just fell flat. On the positive side were the three straight-laced old prudes (one of which is Irene Ryan--in a pre-"Beverly Hillbillies" appearance). But, on the negative was Lynn's 'mother'--a part that made absolutely no sense. Additionally, the riding academy aspect of the film was 100% stupid...really. As a result of all these strange and disparate plot devices, the film just comes off as desperate and a bit annoying at times.
My advice is that unless your ambition is to see all of Castle's films (which vary wildly in quality but are rarely subtle), I think this is a very minor film that is worth skipping.
The only reason I saw this film is that it was directed by William Castle--the same man who brought a long string of goofy but fun horror films in the 1950s and 60s. I saw none of this director's trademarks and longed for something like 'Emergo'--a gimmick where Castle came up with a skeleton to go flying across the audience during his "House on Haunted Hill". Well, frankly, this comedy could have used Emergo--or SOMETHING to make it gel.
The film stars, Diana Lynn and Guy Williams, are two handsome young actors that failed to carry the film. Most of this isn't their fault, as their characters (particularly Lynn's) were written rather clumsily and were also given nothing plot-wise to help them. It was as if the writer thought that tossing one goofy situation after another after another into the film would result in a good film. Well, this was NOT the case as too often these gimmicks just fell flat. On the positive side were the three straight-laced old prudes (one of which is Irene Ryan--in a pre-"Beverly Hillbillies" appearance). But, on the negative was Lynn's 'mother'--a part that made absolutely no sense. Additionally, the riding academy aspect of the film was 100% stupid...really. As a result of all these strange and disparate plot devices, the film just comes off as desperate and a bit annoying at times.
My advice is that unless your ambition is to see all of Castle's films (which vary wildly in quality but are rarely subtle), I think this is a very minor film that is worth skipping.