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      Without Reservations

      1946 1h 47m Romance Comedy List
      Reviews 54% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Famous author "Kit" Masterson (Claudette Colbert) needs an actor to portray the lead character, a soldier, in the upcoming movie version of her book. While on a train to California, she meets Marine Rusty Thomas (John Wayne) and his friend, Dink (Don DeFore). She begins to imagine the macho Rusty as the lead, and attempts to stay in his company. However, since Rusty did not like her book, Kit must conceal her identity, all the while growing more attracted to her potential actor. Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com For a change. John Wayne made a lighter comedy, and some of his scenes with Claudette Colbert are fun to watch. Rated: B- Mar 26, 2011 Full Review John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis ...mostly a cute farce, and you've got to take it for what it is. Rated: 6/10 May 19, 2007 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews I had a lot of reservations about this vacuous comedy-romance. Rated: C Jan 24, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D Without Wayne it would be fun. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/29/24 Full Review Audience Member With hindsight, it's clear to see John Wayne's tough guy acts throughout the latter part of his career were much more suited to him than playing a leading romantic man as he does here. The comedy element of the farcical trip to the west coast is the strongest part of this film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review ashley h Without Reservations is an entertaining film. It is about Kit Madden who is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. John Wayne and Claudette Colbert give excellent performances. The screenplay is well written. Mervyn LeRoy did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama, humor, and romance. Without Reservations is a must see. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member John Wayne ,Don DeFore & Claudette Colbert ,are strangers who meet on a train.The two Marines end up on a silly, unplanned Adventure, with Christopher Madden, A.K.A. Kit (Claudette Colbert) hiding her identity as a Writer of the book that Rusty(John Wayne) despises. She is trying to get Rusty (J.Wayne) to play Leading Man in a Movie of her book.A series of circumstances have them traveling in a car cross country together.He finds out her true identity & gets angry, she goes to Hollywood, blah blah, blah.Predictable but delightful Film with a stellar cast. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member "He says that I'm the one thing saving him from being a misogynist. That means, a gentleman that doesn't like beetles." After watching a few scenes of this on television, I decided to rent it and see it through. And, for the first 40 minutes, this film is pretty solid; it feels like it's going in a certain direction. Starting off as an 'intellectuality versus practicality' romance, the picture just degenerates in to a boring, puppy-love/jealousy character tango... pretty disappointing. (And 'Dink' is just plain annoying.) "[That's not what a man wants,] that's what a man remembers!" Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Enjoyable Romantic Comedy/ Road Movie, though the third-act is fairly flawed. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Famous author "Kit" Masterson (Claudette Colbert) needs an actor to portray the lead character, a soldier, in the upcoming movie version of her book. While on a train to California, she meets Marine Rusty Thomas (John Wayne) and his friend, Dink (Don DeFore). She begins to imagine the macho Rusty as the lead, and attempts to stay in his company. However, since Rusty did not like her book, Kit must conceal her identity, all the while growing more attracted to her potential actor.
      Director
      Mervyn LeRoy
      Screenwriter
      Andrew Solt
      Production Co
      RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 22, 2007
      Runtime
      1h 47m