Kiss Me, Stupid! Movie Review 1964

Once condemned as smut, this lesser Billy Wilder effort now seems no worse than an average TV sitcom. Martin basically plays himself as a horny Vegas crooner stranded in the boondocks. A local songwriter wants Dino to hear his tunes but knows the cad will seduce his pretty wife, so he hires a floozy to pose as the tempting spouse. It gets better as it goes along, but the whole thing suffers from staginess, being an adaptation of an Italian play "L'Ora Della Fantasia" by Anna Bonacci.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 126 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sex & Sexuality, Viva Las Vegas!, Adapted from a Play

Screenplay

Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond

Cast

Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, Felicia Farr, Cliff Osmond, Barbara Pepper, Doro Merande, Howard McNear, Henry Gibson, John Fiedler, Mel Blanc

Cinematography

Joseph LaShelle

Director

Billy Wilder

Music

Andre Previn

Producer

Billy Wilder, Lopert Films