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The Seven Year Itch

Play trailer 2:23 Poster for The Seven Year Itch Released Jun 3, 1955 1h 45m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the midst of a summer heat wave, New Yorker Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) ships his wife, Helen (Evelyn Keyes), and their son off to Maine for vacation. Left alone to work back in Manhattan, Richard encounters a gorgeous blonde model (Marilyn Monroe) who has moved into the apartment upstairs, and becomes immediately infatuated. While pondering infidelity, Richard dreams of his beautiful new neighbor -- but will his fantasies about her become a reality?
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Delmore Schwartz The New Republic Despite the script's cleverness, the presence of Tom Ewell, who is a first rate comedian and Oscar Homolka, who has long been a first rate actor, the entire film continually misses fire and fizzles out, like defective fireworks. Jan 23, 2013 Full Review David Parkinson Empire Magazine Very dated and not consistently funny but famous for the iconic Marilyn air-vent shot and a close to the under-wire smuttiness. Rated: 3/5 Feb 2, 2009 Full Review Variety Staff Variety What counts is that laughs come thick and fast, that the general entertainment is light and gay. Aug 15, 2007 Full Review George N. Fenin Film Culture The Seven Year Itch is another step down in the career of the talented director. Mar 30, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins There are chuckles to be found, though they're not as memorable as Monroe's costume changes or the iconic sequence in which she stands over subway vents in a white gown. Rated: 6/10 Mar 24, 2021 Full Review Virginia Graham The Spectator This is a wonderful comedy performance. So too, somewhat surprisingly, is Marilyn Monroe's. Jun 19, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Aino K I got first-minute ick from all the men in this movie. I give 1 star for beautiful set design and 1 star for absolute gorgeous Marilyn Monroe. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/25 Full Review alan g If it wasn't for Marilyn Monroe's iconic subway grate scene this movie would have been forgotten a long time ago. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/28/25 Full Review Rosana B A icônica cena de Marilyn Monroe e seu vestido branco esvoaçante, e toda tristeza ao redor de sua fama de ''loira burra'' que tanto entristece, todo seu brilhante talento e curta vida, e aio pensar que durante a produção sofria abusos físicos e psicológicos do seu marido, Joe DiMaggio , um atleta aposentado… A coceira dos 7 anos, refere-se ao casamento, taxa de divórcio e tem sido usada por psicólogos, a tradução não foi fiel, a literalidade teria sido mais proveitosa… Deliciosamente cômico… Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Alec B Iconic imagery aside, the movie itself is quite funny despite the fact that it's a somewhat neutered version of Axelrod's play. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/03/24 Full Review Leaburn O Best Monroe film other than Some Like it Hot. Clever and scarily accurate reading of the male mind. Only failure of premise is that no wife would have a problem with their husband cheating on them with Marilyn surely? That would just be unreasonable. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/17/23 Full Review Roque Contreras G La película es muy famosa por la toma de Marilyn en los ductores del tren, pero la película la calificaría como tragicomedia, ya que va más allá de una película de comedia, tiene trama, y si tiene chismes estadounidenses, pero en si, la trama se siente romántica, amor no correspondido, el personaje de Richard teniendo alucinaciones hace que de verdad sintamos lo que esta viviendo, me encantó la película, por su ya famosa escena, sus personajes, es comedia, drama, romance de las 50' Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Billy Wilder

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Marilyn Monroe

The Girl

Tom Ewell

Richard Sherman

Evelyn Keyes

Helen Sherman

Sonny Tufts

Tom MacKenzie

Victor Moore

Plumber

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Synopsis In the midst of a summer heat wave, New Yorker Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) ships his wife, Helen (Evelyn Keyes), and their son off to Maine for vacation. Left alone to work back in Manhattan, Richard encounters a gorgeous blonde model (Marilyn Monroe) who has moved into the apartment upstairs, and becomes immediately infatuated. While pondering infidelity, Richard dreams of his beautiful new neighbor -- but will his fantasies about her become a reality?
Director
Billy Wilder
Producer
Charles K. Feldman, Billy Wilder
Screenwriter
George Axelrod, Billy Wilder
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 3, 1955, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Runtime
1h 45m
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