Kiss Me, Stupid

1964
PG
2h 5m

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6.9/10

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Dean Martin, Kim Novak, and Ray Walston in Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

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Satire Comedy Romance

Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife Zelda away for the night while he tries to sell a song to famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife Zelda away for the night while he tries to sell a song to famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife Zelda away for the night while he tries to sell a song to famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.

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IMDb RATING

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Trivia
The car that Polly drives at the end is a 1958 Fiat 600, a most unusual car to be found in a small American town at the time - so: likely nod / recognition to original playwrite Anna Bonacci's Italian play, 'L'Ora della Fantasia' this film was based on.

Goofs
After Orville's wife digs under his sweatshirt for a pen while Johnny is playing the piano, the sound of the piano distorts as if the sound tape slowed down for a second.

Quotes
Dino: [on a cabaret stage, pretending to be drunk] I have an amazing mother, you know. She is 85 years old and she don't need no glasses.
[pauses]
Dino: She drinks right out of the bottle.

Alternate versions
There is an American version and a version released outside the U. S. of Kiss Me, Stupid (1964). Deemed too sexually charged for U.S. audiences, the scene with Dean Martin and Felicia Farr in Kim Novak's trailer was re-shot for American release.

Connections
Featured in True Hollywood Story: Dean Martin (1999)

Soundtracks
'S Wonderful
(uncredited)
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Performed by Dean Martin
(in the opening scenes)

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Featured review

7/10

Bold

Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner (Ray Walston) sends his beautiful wife, Zelda (Felicia Farr), away for the night while he tries to sell a song to a famous nightclub singer Dino (Dean Martin), who is stranded in town.

The Catholic Legion of Decency strongly objected to the completed film and it was condemned, the second film to get such an honor -- the first being "Baby Doll" in 1956. One can easily see why, as while there is no nudity, there is plenty of humor revolving around prostitution, adultery and and Dean Martin being a "sex maniac".

A. H. Weiler of the New York Times called the film "pitifully unfunny" and "obvious, plodding, short on laughs and performances and long on vulgarity." This seems unfair. While it is not among Billy Wilder's best work, even Wilder's average films are better than many other people's greatest attempts. I can only say now (roughly fifty years after the film debuted) that while it was not perfect, it had its moments and was quite bold in its own way.