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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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Lucille Ball

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Marilyn Maxwell

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Dion Kapakos

Jessie Royce Landis

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John Dehner

S.P. Champlain

Jim Backus

William Von Hagedorn

Ricky Kelman

John Ballantine

Dorothy Green

Margaret Champlain

Marie Windsor

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Phil Yardley

Joan Shawlee

Marge Orr

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Harvey Rittenhouse

Jerome Cowan

Joe Rosenfield

Donald Losby

Geoffrey Von Hagedorn

Lurene Tuttle

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Ernestine Wade

Thelma

Stanley Adams

Bartender

John Alban

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Leon Alton

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Pamela Austin

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Walter Bacon

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Kathy Bennett

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Mary Benoit

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Nesdon Booth

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Paul Bradley

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Tex Brodus

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Joe Brooks

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Ivan Browning

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Theona Bryant

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Robert Buckingham

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Judy Cannon

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Ahna Capri

Daughter (uncredited)

Gordon Carveth

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Louis Cavalier

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Dick Cherney

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Beulah Christian

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Charles Cirillo

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Michael Cirillo

Spectator (uncredited)

Stephen Coit

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Bud Cokes

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Paul Cristo

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Oliver Cross

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Lillian Culver

Woman (uncredited)

Russell Custer

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Roy Damron

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Richard Davies

Spectator (uncredited)

Harry Denny

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George DeNormand

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mimi Dillard

Maid (uncredited)

Richard Durham

Robert DeMartin (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Lady On Airport Escelator

Grace Lee Whitney

James Flavin

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Sam Flint

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George Ford

Audience Member (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

Joe (uncredited)

Mike Lally

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William Meader

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Harold Miller

First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery

Actor in Week End (uncredited)

Jack Mower

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Sol Murgi

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William H. O'Brien

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Murray Pollack

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Tony Regan

Party Guest (uncredited)

Clark Ross

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Cosmo Sardo

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Charles Sherlock

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Hal Smith

Drunk (uncredited)

Ron Stokes

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Arthur Tovey

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Ralph Volkie

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Tom Wilson

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Crew

Don Weis

Director

Jack Sher

Screenplay

Ira Levin

Theatre Play

Stanley Jones

Sound

Russell Llewellyn

Assistant Director

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Frank P. Rosenberg

Producer

George Duning

Original Music Composer

Charles Lang

Director of Photography

William H. Ziegler

Editor

Edward Carrere

Art Direction

William L. Kuehl

Set Decoration

Edith Head

Costume Design

Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Max Factor

Makeup Artist

Irma Kusely

Hairstylist

Jean Burt Reilly

Hairstylist