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The Tunnel of Love

1958 · 98 min

A breezy, old-fashioned suburban comedy of errors where misunderstandings pile up gently and the tone stays light and playful.

Tagline
From the Bold Blushing Stage Hit of Sex in the Suburbs!
Overview
A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be his and his wife's surrogate.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Gene Kelly
Written by
Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov
Starring
Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala, Elisabeth Fraser, Elizabeth Wilson, Vikki Dougan, Doodles Weaver
Cinematography
Robert J. Bronner
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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