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Lover Come Back
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Lover Come Back is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Delbert Mann and produced by Robert Arthur. The screenplay was written by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning, with music composed by Frank De Vol. The film stars Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, and Edie Adams. It was produced by 7 Pictures, Nob Hill Productions Inc., and Arwin Productions, and distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
The narrative is set in New York City and explores themes of deception, advertising, and sex comedy. The film has a runtime of 107 minutes and was released in the United States on December 20, 1961. It generated revenue of 16,937,969. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Critical reception includes a review score of 6.4/10, 92%, and 58/100, with an IMDb rating of 7.1 and a TMDb vote average of 6.967.
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7.0Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
Cast
- Rock Hudson as Jerry Webster
- Doris Day as Carol Templeton
- Tony Randall as Peter 'Pete' Ramsey
- Edie Adams as Rebel Davis
- Jack Oakie as J. Paxton Miller
- Jack Kruschen as Doctor Linus Tyler
Themes
- romcom
- deception
- advertising
- sex comedy
- white collar
- madison avenue
- workplace comedy
- workplace romance
- enemies to lovers
- farce
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Delbert Mann
- Screenwriter
- Paul Henning
- Composer
- Frank De Vol
- Producer
- Robert Arthur
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Arthur E. Arling
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 686261
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1961-01-01
- film editor
- Marjorie Fowler
- title
- Lover Come Back
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 58/100
- Commons category
- Lover Come Back
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