Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

Directed by

David Swift

Genre

screwball comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

6

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family man agrees to pretend he is his wife's best friend's husband so she can claim an inheritance. The fake marriage gets tangled up with his advertising job, which demands he appear wholesome and respectable.

zanyfast-pacedlightheartedfarcicalplayfulwhimsicalsillyenergetic

What happens

Good Neighbor Sam is a 1964 American screwball comedy film co-written and directed by David Swift, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Jack Finney. Shot in Eastman Color, it stars Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Michael Connors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye, Robert Q. Lewis, and Edward G. Robinson. In the film, a family man is talked into helping his wife's recently divorced best friend claim a large inheritance by posing as her husband in order to fulfill a legal requirement. However, the ruse spills over into the man's advertising job, where his recent promotion requires him to maintain a wholesome image. The screenplay was the motion picture debut of James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum, who had written many American television sitcoms including The Andy Griffith Show and Mister Peepers (created by Swift). Greenbaum also created the mobile sculpture featured in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
• Libeled Lady (1936)
• Who Was That Lady? (1960)
• The Mating Season (1951)
• Turnabout (1940)
• Kisses for Breakfast (1941)
• It's Love I'm After (1937)
• For Pete's Sake (1974)