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Dreamboat (1952)

Dreamboat poster
Directed by
Claude Binyon
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A college professor who secretly wrote adventure novels years ago finds his past coming back to haunt him when a TV producer tries to dramatize his stories. He clashes with the glamorous star who wants to play his fictional heroine.

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What happens

Dreamboat (also titled Dream Boat in promotional materials) is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Claude Binyon and starring Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis and Jeffrey Hunter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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