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Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
Director: Jack Donohue
Writer: Cy Howard
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Dean Martin, Nancy Sinatra, Hermione Baddeley,
Genre: Comedy
Dan Edwards (Frank Sinatra) heads up a big ad agency and he works real hard at it. He loves his wife Valerie (Deborah Kerr) but has little time for anything but work! His best friend Ernie (Dean Martin) is a care free bachelor who's a good friend to the family. When the wife talks him into taking a second honeymoon in Mexico things get confused and he ends up divorced from her, only to get married again in a few days. Problem is, the marriage is in Spanish and before anyone knows it, his best friend Ernie has accidentally married his wife instead! Causing Dan to live as a bachelor, see photo below....
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
Writer: Cy Howard
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Dean Martin, Nancy Sinatra, Hermione Baddeley,
Genre: Comedy
Dan Edwards (Frank Sinatra) heads up a big ad agency and he works real hard at it. He loves his wife Valerie (Deborah Kerr) but has little time for anything but work! His best friend Ernie (Dean Martin) is a care free bachelor who's a good friend to the family. When the wife talks him into taking a second honeymoon in Mexico things get confused and he ends up divorced from her, only to get married again in a few days. Problem is, the marriage is in Spanish and before anyone knows it, his best friend Ernie has accidentally married his wife instead! Causing Dan to live as a bachelor, see photo below....
Marriage on the Rocks is one of those mid 1960s films that sound oh so much better on paper, than they really are. The set up sounds like some wild swinging is going on....don't believe it! There's a few laughs here, but Frank Sinatra sleep walks his role. Frank reportedly was bored with making movies in his later career and unfortunately his boredom shows in his acting. Though in this case, he's suppose to be an overworked, droll, ho-hum type of guy...so maybe he deserved an Oscar!?
Dean Martin is likable here and he's got one helluva a cool bachelor pad on the beach, with a big open fireplace in the middle and plenty of girls too. That's Frank setting around the fire with some babes. Deborah Kerr does a fine job here of the wive who just wants a little attention from her husband and her and Dino have the best scenes together.
Interesting to note that this is the only film that Nancy Sinatra made with her dad. She doesn't have a big role here, probably her best scene is at the go-go dance club with her friend who dances in a cage.
By far the funniest scenes were the Mexican honeymoon scenes. Cesar Romero was a laugh riot as the hotel manager and lawyer who kept pushing divorcees and marriages...all for profit.
Dean Martin is likable here and he's got one helluva a cool bachelor pad on the beach, with a big open fireplace in the middle and plenty of girls too. That's Frank setting around the fire with some babes. Deborah Kerr does a fine job here of the wive who just wants a little attention from her husband and her and Dino have the best scenes together.
By far the funniest scenes were the Mexican honeymoon scenes. Cesar Romero was a laugh riot as the hotel manager and lawyer who kept pushing divorcees and marriages...all for profit.