"THE TRUE CONFESSIONS and INTIMATE SECRETS of the world's greatest authority on LOVE"

1961

1h 49m

6.5(22 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.

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Cast & Crew

67 members

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Bob Hope

Adam J. Niles

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Lana Turner

Rosemary Howard

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Janis Paige

Dolores Jynson

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Jim Hutton

Larry Delavane

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Paula Prentiss

Linda Delavane

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Don Porter

Thomas W. Jynson

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Virginia Grey

Camille Quinlaw

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Agnes Moorehead

Judge Peterson

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Florence Sundstrom

Mrs. Pickering

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John McGiver

Austin Palfrey

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Clinton Sundberg

Rodney Jones

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Alan Hewitt

Attorney Backett

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Reta Shaw

Mrs. Brown

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Dorothy Abbott

Woman (uncredited)

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Rodney Bell

Attorney (uncredited)

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Brandy Bryan

Waitress (uncredited)

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Robert Carson

Attorney (uncredited)

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Dick Cherney

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Michael Cirillo

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Walt Davis

Baseball Spectator (uncredited)

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Jerry Doggett

Dodgers Game Announcer (uncredited)

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Erica Elliott

Mrs. Brown's Friend (uncredited)

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Raoul Freeman

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Ben Frommer

Baseball Spectator (uncredited)

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George Golden

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Lee Goodman

Leland Quinlaw (uncredited)

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Holly Harris

Woman (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Bob Hopkins

Attorney (uncredited)

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Mauritz Hugo

Rodwell (Lawyer) (uncredited)

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Michael Jeffers

Baseball Spectator (uncredited)

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Lloyd Kino

Headwaiter (uncredited)

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Lee Krieger

Court Clerk (uncredited)

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Richard LaMarr

Baseball Spectator (uncredited)

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John Lawrence

Mike Carding (uncredited)

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Clarence Lung

Bartender (uncredited)

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Herbert Lytton

Attorney (uncredited)

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Wilbur Mack

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Bill McLean

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Joy Monroe

Voluptuous Girl (uncredited)

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Sol Murgi

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Monty O'Grady

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Jack Pepper

Floor Man (uncredited)

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Murray Pollack

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Jean Ransome

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Tony Regan

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Leoda Richards

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Eddie Rosson

Steve Delavane (uncredited)

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Cosmo Sardo

Reporter (uncredited)

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Vin Scully

Dodgers Game Announcer (uncredited)

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Lisa Seagram

Niles' Secretary (uncredited)

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Roberta Shore

Ginnie Caccardi (uncredited)

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Walter Smith

Baseball Spectator (uncredited)

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Olan Soule

Waiter (uncredited)

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Norman Stevans

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Tracy Stratford

Sissy "Mrs. McIntyre" Pickering (uncredited)

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Rodger Terry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Reporter (uncredited)

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Mary Treen

Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)

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Dick Whittinghill

Bruce Freedman (uncredited)

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Luree Wiese

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Robert B. Williams

Fireman (uncredited)

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Sally Yarnell

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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John Zimeas

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Bill Zuckert

W.P. Mathews (Assistant Commissioner) (uncredited)

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