The Thrill of It All

Infobox Film
name = The Thrill of It All


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caption = Theatrical poster
director = Norman Jewison
producer = Ross Hunter
Martin Melcher
writer = Larry Gelbart (story)
Carl Reiner
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starring = Doris Day
James Garner
Arlene Francis
music = Frank De Vol
cinematography = Russell Metty
editing = Milton Carruth
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = 17 July 1963
runtime = 108 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
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amg_id = 1:49785
imdb_id = 0057581

"The Thrill of It All" (1963) is a romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison starring Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, and ZaSu Pitts. The screenplay was written by Larry Gelbart and Carl Reiner. Reiner also plays a cameo as a character actor appearing on TV in various nasty roles.

Reiner had originally conceived the project for Judy Holliday, who developed cancer and had to bow out of the project, according to Reiner's reminiscence during his videotaped "Archive of American Television" interview. (Holliday died of cancer in 1965 at the age of 43.)

Plot summary

The story of the film centres around urban housewife Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) and her husband, a successful gynecologist and devoted family man, Gerald (James Garner). Beverly is offered the opportunity to star for a television commercial advertising soap. After a shaky start, she gets a contract for $80,000 per year to appear on the weekly TV commercials. Soon the TV studio places greater and greater demands on the unlikely TV star. Gerald becomes jealous of the fact that she is now out-earning him, and their relationship slowly deteriorates until their eventual reconciliation.

Cast

*Doris Day ... Beverly Boyer
*James Garner ... Dr. Gerald Boyer
*Arlene Francis ... Mrs. Fraleigh
*Edward Andrews ... Gardiner Fraleigh
*Reginald Owen ... Old Tom Fraleigh
*Zasu Pitts ... Olivia
*Elliott Reid ... Mike Palmer
*Alice Pearce ... Irving's wife
*Kym Karath ... Maggie Boyer
*Brian Nash ... Andy Boyer
*Lucy Landau ... Mrs. Goethe
*Paul Hartman ... Dr. Taylor
*Hayden Rorke ... Billings
*Alex Gerry ... Stokely
*Robert Gallagher ... Van Camp

External links

*imdb title|id=0057581|title=The Thrill of It All
*amg title|id=1:49785|title=The Thrill of It All
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8844857220560459276&q=%22James+Garner%22+%22Charlie+Rose%22&total=4&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 James Garner Interview on the "Charlie Rose Show"]
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22archive+of+american+television+interview+with+james+garner%22 James Garner interview] at Archive of American Television