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Pillow Talk
Cast
Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter View AllCrew
Maurice Richlin (Screenplay), Stanley Shapiro (Screenplay), Russell Rouse (Story), Clarence Greene (Story) View All
Release: Oct. 7th, 1959
Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes
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Jonathan, despite the films framing as comedy, actually has the potential to be the creepiest of the men in the film (and every man in this film is really creepy in one way or another!), but Randall plays him as such an absolute goober that he stays in a sweet spot between ridiculous and slimy.

Perhaps what stands out the most in Pillow Talk is that it marks Doris Day's transition from a young virginal 'goody-two-shoes' to a more mature sexual woman, who's willing to spend the weekend alone in a secluded house with a man she's just met.

Director Michael Gordon cleverly uses split-screen images to put Doris and Rock together on screen in seemingly compromising positions, very adult for 1959 and watching Brad pretending to be cowboy Rex Stetson, trying to romance Jan while Brad tries to advise Jan over the phone about what a cad Rex ....
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