Kiss me, idiotic

Embrasse me, idiotic ( KIS Me, Stupid ) is an American film of Billy Wilder left in 1964.

Synopsis

Orville Spooner and Barney Milsap live in Climax, Nevada. One gives piano lessons, the other is mechanic. Both compose of the songs. One day Dino, a crooner on the return, stops in Climax. Barney sabotages its car in order to make him spend the night at Orville, where it will be able to listen to their compositions. But Orville is extremely jealous of his wife, Zelda, and Dino a large seducer. Barney has then the idea to make play the part of Zelda with Polly, a local prostitute.

Data sheet

Title: Embraces to me, idiotic
original Titer: KIS Me, Stupid
Realization: Billy Wilder
Scenario: I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Production: Billy Wilder
Music: Andre Previn, Will go Gershwin
Photographie: Joseph LaShelle
Artistic director: Alexandre Trauner
Kind: Comedy
Country of origin: the United States
Black and white
Lasted: 126 minutes (2h06)
Coming out date: 1964

Distribution

Dean Martin: Dino
Kim Novak: Polly the Pistol ( Polly the Tiger-cat in the French version)
Ray Walston: Orville J. Spooner
Felicia Farr: Zelda Spooner
Cliff Osmond : Barney Milsap

Around film

It is with Peter Sellers in the role of Orville Spooner that turning had begun. But, a few weeks later, the British actor had a Heart attack and had to be replaced by Ray Walston.

"Kiss me, idiot" ( " KIS me, stupid" ) is the last counterpart of film. She is addressed by Zelda to Orville.

In 1985 the group Bill Baxter makes of it a Musical comedy, Mise in scene by Patrick Timsit.

It east is to some extent the continuation of a very famous comedy of the same bearing author on the jealousy: Seven years of reflection . The names of the doctor and the dentist, for example, are confused there (like Dr. Sheldrake).

to also see:

Embraces to me idiotic , film of Frank Powell of 1915

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