Two for the Seesaw (film)

Two for the Seesaw (film)

Infobox Film
name = Two for the Seesaw


image_size =
caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Robert Wise
producer = Walter Mirisch
writer = William Gibson
Isobel Lennart
narrator =
starring = Robert Mitchum
Shirley MacLaine
Edmon Ryan
Elisabeth Fraser
Eddie Firestone
music = André Previn
cinematography = Ted D. McCord
editing = Stuart Gilmore
distributor = United Artists
released = November 21, 1962
runtime = 119 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0056626

"Two for the Seesaw" is a 1962 drama film, directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine. It was adapted from a Broadway play of the same name, written by William Gibson.

Plot summary

Jerry Ryan (Mitchum) is a lawyer from Nebraska who has recently separated from his childhood sweetheart. To get away from it all he has moved to a shabby apartment in New York. He is struggling with the divorce, which has been filed but is not final, and takes long walks at night.

At a party he meets Gittel Mosca (MacLaine), a flighty, needy, struggling dancer, who has yet to make it at 29. They instantly connect, and begin to fall in love. But the relationship is hampered by their differences in background and temperament.

Jerry gets a job with a New York law firm and prepares to take the bar examination. He helps Gittel rent a loft for a dance studio, which she rents out to other dancers. But their relationship is stormy. Gittel has a fling with an old boyfriend, and Jerry is constantly on the phone with his soon to be ex-wife.

They prepare to move in together nevertheless, but Gittel is upset when she learns that the divorce came through and Jerry did not tell her about it. Jerry explains that even though he is divorced from his former wife on paper, they continue bonded in many ways.

Jerry decides to return to Nebraska and begin again with his ex-wife.

Production notes

Paul Newman was originally slated to star opposite Elizabeth Taylor in the film. When Taylor was forced to drop out of because of shooting overruns on "Cleopatra", Newman was freed up to take the role of "Fast Eddie" Felson in "The Hustler". [Newman, Paul. DVD commentary, "The Hustler"]

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External links

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