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Why Rock the Boat? (1974)

Why Rock the Boat? poster
Directed by
John Howe
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young journalist tries to make his way in a newspaper office. He deals with eccentric coworkers and a playful romance.

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What happens

Why Rock the Boat? is a 1974 Canadian romantic comedy film directed by John Howe. The film stars Stuart Gillard and also includes Henry Beckman, Sean Sullivan, Cec Linder, Maurice Podbrey, Patricia Hamilton, Jean-Pierre Masson, Henry Ramer and Peter MacNeill. The screenplay was written by journalist and humorist William Weintraub, as an adaptation of his own comic novel. Notably, he dropped the novel's most famous scene, which took place in a nudist colony, due to concerns that the scene would cause problems for the film's content rating. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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