Genre: Drama, Love Triangle, Love
Tagline: Looking for something. Wanting everything. Troy Donahue brings new passion to the screen as Parrish.
Plot: Parrish McLean (Troy Donahue) is just a regular joe living in a tobacoo-growing valley until his mother Ellen (Claudette Colbert) marries cigarette king Judd Raike (Karl Madden). The next thing Parrish knows, he’s been swindled into the tobacco business, but things take an even stranger turn when Parrish falls for three different women: his new stepsister, Paige (Sharon Hugeny), the rival tobacco king’s daughter Alison (Diane McBain), and the sultry older temptress Lucy (Connie McBain). Slowly but surely, Parrish is transformed from lad into man and must think his way out of his predicament.Half soap opera, half comedy, PARRISH is a genre break for western director Delmer Daves. Sappy at times, absurd situations always arrive just in time to break up the tension and generate a few laughs. PARRISH is an oddity in that it could have continued forever. Perhaps had it been produced as a television pilot, it would have. The kitchy set up and the town's quirky characters make it a unique gem.
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| Cast |
Claudette Colbert
It Happened One Night, The Palm Beach Story, Drums Along the Mohawk |
 | Karl Malden
On the Waterfront, Patton, A Streetcar Named Desire |
 | Hampton Fancher
The Other Side of the Mountain, Rome Adventure, The Brain Eaters |
 | | Dean Jagger
White Christmas, Bad Day at Black Rock, Twelve O'Clock High | | Diane McBain
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, Five the Hard Way, Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter | |
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| Music By |
Max Steiner
Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Arsenic and Old Lace |
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