Rod Taylor plays Mike Mitchell, a sportswriter from Philadelphia, in
this charming romantic comedy.
A 1963 review in Variety magazine singled Rod out for praise among an
ensemble that includes Jane Fonda, Cliff Roberston and Robert Culp:
Best of the [cast] is Taylor, who delivers a warm, flexible
and appealing performance.
Fonda plays Eileen, an innocent young woman who arrives in New York City
on a Sunday to visit her brother, Adam (Cliff Robertson), an airline pilot.
Eileen's stewing over her sweetheart back in Albany, Russ (Robert Culp).
He has been pressuring her to have sex, and she's worried about being the
only 22-year-old virgin left in the world.
Adam encourages his sister to resist and assures her that sex is not
what all men look for. Of course, that's exactly what Adam is looking for,
and he's trying to find a place to spend some time alone with Mona, his
girlfriend.
Rod enters the scene when Eileen ventures out into the city and -- literally
-- snags him on a city bus, catching her corsage on his coat. After a false
start or two, the pair wind up sharing a rowboat in Central Park, get caught
in the rain and wind up in bathrobes back at Adam's apartment.
Hilarity ensues when Russ barges in, proposes to Eileen and assumes Mike
is Adam. Then Adam arrives and has to pretend he's Mike.
Of course, it's all sorted out in the end, and getting there is great
fun.
Although the premise of the movie is a bit quaint these days, solid entertainment
like this never goes out of style. It's a charming, funny, engaging movie
-- and one that's easily found on video and frequently seen on TV.
