Genre: Comedy, Love Triangle, Deception, Spoof, Farce, Satire
Tagline: Jayne throws you a curve when you ask the leading question!
Plot: A hilarious satire of 1950's television in which an ad man desperately tries to get a beautiful movie star to endorse his agency's new product. Rock Hunter's job is on the line because his agency has been threatened with losing its Stay-Put Lipstick account. To save his career, Hunter makes an all-out attempt to convince actress Rita Marlow to advertise the product. His efforts achieve hilarious results but also threaten to destroy his engagement to his fiancee, Jenny. After he successfully gets Marlow on board, his commercials become a big success and he even manages to win the love of the gorgeous star. But what price will Rock's triumph in the world of advertising have on his life?
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| Directed by |
Frank Tashlin
Artists and Models, The Glass Bottom Boat, Cinderfella |
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| Written by |
George Axelrod
The Manchurian Candidate, The Manchurian Candidate, Breakfast at Tiffany's | Frank Tashlin
The Paleface, The Shakiest Gun in the West, Kill the Umpire |
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Jayne Mansfield
The Girl Can't Help It, Kiss Them for Me, Pete Kelly's Blues |
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 | Tony Randall
Down with Love, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, Pillow Talk | Betsy Drake
Every Girl Should Be Married, Room for One More, Cary Grant: A Class Apart | | Henry Jones
Vertigo, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Arachnophobia | | |
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| Music By |
Cyril J. Mockridge
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Miracle on 34th Street, My Darling Clementine |
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