From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Boys’ Night Out (film)
Boys’ Night Out (film)
Boys’ Night Out Plot
The three married men, George (Tony Randall), Doug
(Howard Duff), and Howie (Howard Morris), and divorcé
Fred (James Garner), are friends who commute to work
from Greenwich, Connecticut to New York City on the
same train. Seeing Fred’s philandering boss, Mr. Bingham
(Larry Keating), with his mistress sets the men to fanta-
sizing about sharing the expense of an apartment in the
city as a love nest. As a gag, they give Fred the task of
finding an unrealistically inexpensive apartment and a
blonde "companion" to go with it.
Fred rents a luxurious suite from Peter Bowers (Jim
Backus), who is desperate to find a tenant (the previous
occupant was a highly-publicized murder victim). By
chance, Cathy (Kim Novak), a knockout of a blonde, also
answers the advertisement for the apartment. Fred ex-
plains that the place has already been taken, but she
learns that he is also looking for a beautiful young
Film poster
"housekeeper" for his friends. To his surprise, she ac-
cepts the job. The boys are delighted; each tells his wife
Directed by Michael Gordon that he is taking a course one night a week to improve his
Produced by Martin Ransohoff mind so he can stay in New York overnight.
Unbeknownst to the men, Cathy is actually a sociol-
Written by Arne Sultan (story) ogy graduate student writing her thesis on the "adoles-
Marvin Worth (story)
Ira Wallach
cent fantasies of the adult suburban male." Her skeptical
advisor, Dr. Prokosch (Oskar Homolka), worries that she
Starring Kim Novak won’t be able to fend off the men, but she is confident
James Garner
about her abilities (see Quotes). When they start calling
Tony Randall
on her individually in the evenings, she encourages them
Music by Frank De Vol to talk, all the while secretly recording their conversa-
Cinematography Arthur E. Arling tions.
Cathy deftly avoids being seduced by the married
Editing by Tom McAdoo men, although each of them brags to the others about
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer having slept with her. She supplies what each one really
wants: Howie is starved for more substantial food than
Release date(s) 21 June 1962 his dieting wife will provide; Doug likes to repair things
Running time 115 min. that are conveniently broken each week (his status-con-
scious wife doesn’t want their neighbors to see him tin-
Country U.S.A.
kering about the house); George enjoys talking about
Language English himself, but his spouse keeps finishing his sentences.
Fred, however, is a different story: he is very attracted to
Boys’ Night Out is an American comedy film released in Cathy and, disgusted by his friends’ fabricated stories, he
1962, starring Kim Novak, James Garner, and Tony Ran- refuses to use his night.
dall, and directed by Michael Gordon. The movie is about In the end, the wives become suspicious and, on the
three middle-aged, married men who are looking to meet advice of Fred’s mother Ethel (Jessie Royce Landis), hire
needs that are not being satisfied in their marriages. private investigator Ernest Bohannon (Fred Clark) to find
out what is going on. Based on his report, they assume
the worst and confront their husbands. All three married
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Boys’ Night Out (film)
men confess that nothing happened, and Cathy reveals
that she is just doing research.
Quotes
After getting over the shock, Fred marries Cathy. Prokosch:
Dr. Prokosch Can you look like ’yes’ and act like ’no’? Can
Everyone learns a lesson and the boys’ night out is no you entice them, lure them, then postpone, evade, delay?
more; instead, the couples go out together. It needs a special kind of experience and skill. This a nice
girl hasn’t learned.
Cathy:
Cathy No? This is what a nice girl has learned best.
Cast
•
•
Kim Novak as Cathy
James Garner as Fred Williams
Reception
• Tony Randall as George Drayton Financed by Novak’s Kimco Filmways Pictures, Boys’ Night
• Howard Duff as Doug Jackson Out was not a financial or critical success.[1]
• Janet Blair as Marge Drayton The film provides an excellent view of "mid-century
• Patti Page as Joanne McIllenny modern" interiors and fashions.
• Jessie Royce Landis as Ethel Williams
•
•
Oskar Homolka as Dr. Prokosch
Howard Morris as Howard McIllenny
References
• Anne Jeffreys as Toni Jackson [1] Spotlight,
Spotlight TCM This Month, retrieved 7/26/09
• Zsa Zsa Gabor as Boss’s Girl Friend
•
•
William Bendix as Slattery
Larry Keating as Mr. Bingham
External links
• Fred Clark as Ernest Bohannon • Boys’ Night Out at the Internet Movie Database
• Jim Backus as Peter Bowers • Boys’ Night Out at AllRovi
• James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
• James Garner interview at Archive of American
Television
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boys%27_Night_Out_(film)&oldid=444090101"
Categories:
• 1962 films
• American films
• English-language films
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
• Films directed by Michael Gordon
• 1960s comedy films
This page was last modified on 10 August 2011 at 16:45. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-
ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of
the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact us
Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers
2