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      Who Was That Lady?

      Released Apr 8, 1960 1h 55m Comedy List
      Reviews 38% 100+ Ratings Audience Score After he's caught kissing one of his co-eds, college professor David Wilson (Tony Curtis) is given marching orders by his livid wife, Ann (Janet Leigh). In order to avoid divorce, David concocts an elaborate alibi with his TV writer buddy (Dean Martin) : he claims to have been on an undercover mission for the FBI and that the kiss was crucial to his mission. With the help of a few props, Ann believes her husband's tall tale completely. And that's when his problems start. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Ann Wilson (Janet Leigh) has caught her chemistry professor husband David Wilson (Tony Curtis) kissing one of his transfer students. He thinks it was innocent, she wants a divorce. So instead of working through their issues, David gets his friend Michael Haney (Dean Martin) to come up with a story to get out of it. And that story? David is a secret agent. Ann falls for it and this enables Michael to get what he's always wanted, which is his wingman back, so he makes a date with the Coogle sisters (Barbara Nichols and Joi Lansing, both rivals of Marilyn Monroe). As for Ann, she can't stop bragging about her husband being a secret agent, which means that the real FBI, CIA and even KGB all get involved. There's a great cameo by Jack Benney, as Michael is a TV writer, and Cicely Tyson shows up in a very early role. And beyond Larry Storch being in this, so is Emil Sitka. Director George Sidney is probably best known for Pal Joey, Show Boat and Bye, Bye Birdie. He lends a great touch to this film, which is really worth seeing for its three leads. Martin seems to be having a great time in every scene he's in. There's some irony in that when True Lies, a movie with a similar concept, was made years later, the wife was played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review steve d nowhere near as amusing as it should be. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review ashley h Who Was That Lady is a disappointing film. It is about a young chemistry professor who concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. Tony Curtis and Dean Martin give horrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. George Sidney did a terrible directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member another marital misunderstanding that snowballs into a spy plot Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member ???? ?? ?????? ???????? ????? ? ??????? ????????????, ?? ?????????? ? ????????? "??? ???? ??? ?????". ????? ?????-?????, ?????? ? 1960 ???? ?????????? ???????? ?????. ? ?????? ????????????? ?????? ?????? ????????. ??? ???? ??????, (???? ??? ?? ??????, ?? ???? ?? ??????? ?????? ?????? "? ????? ?????? ???????"), ????????????? ????????-???????? ????? ??? ?????? ? ????????????????? ?????? ??. ??? ????? ? ??????????? ??????? ????? ??????, ????? ????? ???? ?????? ?? ? ???? ??????? ??????? ?????? ?? ?????? ? ?????? "????????? ????" ?????? ???? ?????? ???, ????????? ?????? ???? ??????? ???????. ? ???? ?????? ??? ?????????, ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ???????????, ??? ????????? ??? ?? ?????? ??????. ????????????? ???????, ???????? ????? , ????????? ??????. ????, ????????, ?????? - ??? ???? ? ???? ??????. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Thin comedy put over by the stars. Tony comes off best as a basically good guy caught up in a situation that gets out of hand but Janet's character comes across as a borderline idiot and Dino is a pretty much a sexist slime. A space filler for all three, this was between Some Like it Hot and Spartacus for Tony, Rio Bravo and Bells are Ringing for Dean and Janet's next two films were Psycho followed by The Manchurian Candidate so this was easily left behind by all. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Many a promising comedy begins with a good basic idea but squanders itself in frenzied overexertion. Dec 3, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It stretches more comedy than one could expect from such thin material, and passes as a so-so comedy vehicle for the appealing stars. Rated: C+ Oct 5, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis After he's caught kissing one of his co-eds, college professor David Wilson (Tony Curtis) is given marching orders by his livid wife, Ann (Janet Leigh). In order to avoid divorce, David concocts an elaborate alibi with his TV writer buddy (Dean Martin) : he claims to have been on an undercover mission for the FBI and that the kiss was crucial to his mission. With the help of a few props, Ann believes her husband's tall tale completely. And that's when his problems start.
      Director
      George Sidney
      Screenwriter
      Norman Krasna
      Production Co
      Ansark-Sidney
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 8, 1960, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 25, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 55m