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Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.

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Bob Hope

Parker Ballantine

Lucille Ball

Angela Ballantine

Marilyn Maxwell

Ivy London

Rip Torn

Dion Kapakos

Jessie Royce Landis

Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

John Dehner

S.P. Champlain

Jim Backus

Dr. William Von Hagedorn

Ricky Kelman

John Ballantine

Dorothy Green

Mrs. Margaret Champlain

Marie Windsor

Sally Orr

Joseph Gallison

Philip "Phil" Yardley

Joan Shawlee

Marge Orr

Richard Deacon

Harvey Rittenhouse

Jerome Cowan

Joe Rosenfield

Donald Losby

Geoffrey Von Hagedorn

Lurene Tuttle

Mother in "Sisters Three"

Ernestine Wade

Thelma

Stanley Adams

Bartender

John Alban

Audience Member (uncredited)

Leon Alton

Audience Member (uncredited)

Pamela Austin

Daughter (uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Audience Member (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin

Man on the Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Audience Member (uncredited)

Kathy Bennett

Daughter (uncredited)

Mary Benoit

Woman (uncredited)

Willie Bloom

Audience Member (uncredited)

Nesdon Booth

Man (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Audience Member (uncredited)

Tex Brodus

Audience Member (uncredited)

Joe Brooks

Catcher (uncredited)

Ivan Browning

Audience Member (uncredited)

Theona Bryant

Beauty Operator (uncredited)

Robert Buckingham

Spectator (uncredited)

Judy Cannon

Spectator (uncredited)

Ahna Capri

Daughter (uncredited)

Gordon Carveth

Spectator (uncredited)

Louis Cavalier

Little League Rooter (uncredited)

Dick Cherney

Audience Member (uncredited)

Beulah Christian

Audience Member (uncredited)

Charles Cirillo

Audience Member (uncredited)

Michael Cirillo

Spectator (uncredited)

Stephen Coit

Waiter at Sardi's (uncredited)

Bud Cokes

Audience Member (uncredited)

Paul Cristo

Audience Member (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Audience Member (uncredited)

Lillian Culver

Woman (uncredited)

Russell Custer

Audience Member (uncredited)

Roy Damron

Audience Member (uncredited)

Richard Davies

Spectator (uncredited)

Harry Denny

Spectator (uncredited)

George DeNormand

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mimi Dillard

Maid (uncredited)

Richard Durham

Robert DeMartin (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Lady On Airport Escelator

Grace Lee Whitney

Minor Role

James Flavin

Security Guard (uncredited)

Sam Flint

Little League Rooter (uncredited)

George Ford

Audience Member (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

Joe, the Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Audience Member at 'Sisters Three' (uncredited)

William Meader

Audience Member (uncredited)

Harold Miller

First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery

Actor in 'Week End' (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Audience Member (uncredited)

Sol Murgi

Audience Member (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Audience Member (uncredited)

Murray Pollack

Audience Member (uncredited)

Tony Regan

Party Guest (uncredited)

Clark Ross

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Audience Member (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Audience Member (uncredited)

Hal Smith

Drunk (uncredited)

Ron Stokes

Partygoer (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Audience Member (uncredited)

Ralph Volkie

Audience Member (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)

Crew

Don Weis

Director

Ira Levin

Theatre Play

Jack Sher

Screenplay

Stanley Jones

Sound

Russell Llewellyn

Assistant Director

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Frank P. Rosenberg

Producer

William L. Kuehl

Set Decoration

Charles Lang

Director of Photography

William H. Ziegler

Editor

Edith Head

Costume Design

Edward Carrere

Art Direction

George Duning

Original Music Composer

Irma Kusely

Hairstylist

Joan Joseff

Other

Jean Burt Reilly

Hairstylist

Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Max Factor

Makeup Artist