A bored housewife poses as a call girl for a movie star sex-symbol, hoping she can prove to her husband, the star's agent, that she is still desirable to other men and thereby, rekindle the spark in their marriage.
Acting
Walter Matthau leans full-tilt into his sex-symbol parody.
Writing
Axelrod's script savors the gap between fantasy and domesticity.
Costume
Anne Jackson's transformation wardrobes tell their own story.
Director
George Axelrod
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Axelrod wrote this between The Manchurian Candidate and The Seven Year Itch, sharpening his blade on marriage itself.
Released months before the Hays Code collapsed, it squeaks through with euphemism while anticipating the sexual revolution's messier questions.
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