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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

1966 · 99 min

A breezy, silly farce full of mistaken identities and slapstick chaos, easy to watch and forget.

Tagline
38-22-36 Boy - she has some area code!
Overview
Tom Meade mistakenly dials the gorgeous European film star Didi at her Oregon hotel. Didi, who has escaped Hollywood to avoid being typecast as a bombshell, takes up Meade's offer to hide away at his backwoods cabin. Meade, with the help of his housekeeper, goes to absurd lengths to help the actress evade discovery by both the public and his suspicious wife.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • identity
  • deception
  • celebrity
  • family
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
George Marshall
Written by
George Kennett
Starring
Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Marjorie Lord, Phyllis Diller, Cesare Danova, Joyce Jameson, Norman Leavitt, Terry Burnham
Cinematography
Lionel Lindon
Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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