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The Gazebo

1959 · 100 min

A frothy, farcical romp where suburban panic and screwball banter keep the blackmail and body-hiding light and lively.

Tagline
All the love, laughs and murderous fun of the Broadway smash hit!
Overview
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • love
  • family
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
George Marshall
Written by
George Wells
Starring
Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, John McGiver, Mabel Albertson, Doro Merande, Bert Freed, Martin Landau
Music
Jeff Alexander
Cinematography
Paul Vogel
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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