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The Tender Trap

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Successful theater agent Charlie Reader (Frank Sinatra) lives a playboy's life in New York City. When his childhood friend, Joe McCall (David Wayne), shows up with a desire to leave his wife, the two are awestruck by each other's lifestyle. While Charlie is busy with his newest girlfriend, marriage-obsessed actress Julie Gillis (Debbie Reynolds), Joe falls in with Sylvia (Celeste Holm), a rebuffed former flame of Charlie's, and the two friends must make different but equally important decisions.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 05/15/2008
C
A disappointing dated and flat romantic comedy from the 1950s. Go to Full Review
John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis 05/13/2008
6/10
...makes a convenient time capsule for the fifties, and at its best it's an amusing romp. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/01/2005
3/5
Daniel Eagan Film Journal International 02/11/2005
2/5
Would-be-hip look at a swinging single in NYC Go to Full Review
Randy Shulman Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) 03/19/2004
3/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 08/22/2003
3/5
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Scott R @ScottR 3d NYT 1000 films. A fun, feel good musical that takes on the theme of a Bachelor dating everyone and not taking regard for their actions. He reaps the whirlwind and ends up making amends. The ending was a bit confusing though, who ended up with whom? The man cheating on his wife ends up with another woman after going home to his wife?! Or was that just the closing song to sum it all up? Regardless, it was entertaining with some fun songs and witty / cheesy dialogue. Debbie Reynolds also had a fun character as the principled young lady making her name on broadway and trying to reform the bachelor Sinatra. Saw on VUDU. See more Helene K Feb 17 If you have insomnia I recommend this picture.. all it is is drink, kiss, silly palaver, nothing to wrap your arms around.. definite waste of time See more 05/05/2019 The best comedy romance movie ever made! With the best movie song ever sung: the title song! See more 08/27/2017 I love Debbie Reynolds and Frank Sinatra, but the story of a womanizer and a "silly" woman who's only objective in life is to get married, is a frustrating watch by today's more liberal standards. See more 08/11/2016 What a strange movie. Always love Frank even though he played a man-whore! See more 01/29/2016 Great song, morally bankrupt characters. David Wayne's character was fine until the end when he made a pass at Celeste Holm to leave his wife after chastising Frank the whole film. Weird story. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Successful theater agent Charlie Reader (Frank Sinatra) lives a playboy's life in New York City. When his childhood friend, Joe McCall (David Wayne), shows up with a desire to leave his wife, the two are awestruck by each other's lifestyle. While Charlie is busy with his newest girlfriend, marriage-obsessed actress Julie Gillis (Debbie Reynolds), Joe falls in with Sylvia (Celeste Holm), a rebuffed former flame of Charlie's, and the two friends must make different but equally important decisions.
Director
Charles Walters
Producer
Lawrence Weingarten
Screenwriter
Julius J. Epstein
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 4, 1955, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 19, 2015
Runtime
1h 51m
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