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A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing that he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be the surrogate for him and his wife.A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing that he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be the surrogate for him and his wife.A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing that he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be the surrogate for him and his wife.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Robert B. Williams
- Night Motel Man
- (as Robert Williams)
Esquire Trio
- Themselves - Party Musicians
- (as The Esquire Trio)
Richard Bartell
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
James Elsegood
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Sam Harris
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Peter De Vries
- Joseph Fields
- Jerome Chodorov(originally uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Gene Kelly says that he accepted this assignment as a way of fulfilling the final obligation of his long-term contract with M-G-M, but studio executives stipulated he had to shoot it in black-and-white, using only one main set, with a production schedule of only three weeks, and with a strict budget of just $500,000. The studio was delighted when Kelly was able to honor all those provisos, but the film proved to be a box office disappointment.
- GoofsWhen the women are on their bikes discussing the $1000, leaves are falling from the trees, but when the guys are inside, reference is made that the month is March.
- Quotes
Isolde Poole: I bought a dress at Bonwits. A lovely watermelon shantung.
August 'Augie' Poole: Fine. Now you've got something fit to wear into Saks.
Featured review
Groundbreaking subject matter
In the groundbreaking romantic drama, Doris Day and Richard Widmark can't have children, and not for lack of trying. Gene Kelly directs this drama that touches on some untouched topics in 1958. In the good ol' days, there was a blackout after a wedding scene and the next shot opened on a bassinet. Now, in the last years of the Hays Code, Doris and Dick openly discuss ovulation cycles, how to track them, and what to do when it's the right time. It was very scandalous at the time.
When the gorgeous couple get fed up with waiting for nature to give them a child, they decide to adopt-but how will they cope when the equally gorgeous Gia Scala enters their lives? While the second half of the movie gets a little silly, the first half is very fun to watch. Doris and Dick have great chemistry together, and it's always a treat to watch an old movie in which a married couple has realistic problems. It wasn't very often that classic movies mentioned adoption, surrogacy, and infertility, let alone made an entire movie about them. Plus, through a career playing bad guys and never getting the girl, it's nice that Richard Widmark is the hero of the story, and he starts out already having the girl!
When the gorgeous couple get fed up with waiting for nature to give them a child, they decide to adopt-but how will they cope when the equally gorgeous Gia Scala enters their lives? While the second half of the movie gets a little silly, the first half is very fun to watch. Doris and Dick have great chemistry together, and it's always a treat to watch an old movie in which a married couple has realistic problems. It wasn't very often that classic movies mentioned adoption, surrogacy, and infertility, let alone made an entire movie about them. Plus, through a career playing bad guys and never getting the girl, it's nice that Richard Widmark is the hero of the story, and he starts out already having the girl!
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Babys auf Bestellung
- Filming locations
- Heroes Tunnel, formerly West Rock Tunnel, Route 15, Wilbur Cross Pkwy, New Haven, Connecticut, USA(In the opening credits Doris Day's car drives through the tunnel.)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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