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Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl

Comedy · Romance · 1964

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.

Movie details

Sex and the Single Girl

“She wrote the book on love!”

1964 Comedy · Romance 1h 50m

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6.5 / 10

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A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Richard Quine

Written by

Joseph Heller · Leslie H. Martinson · David R. Schwartz · Joseph Hoffman

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Bob Weston

Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Helen Gurley Brown

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Frank Broderick

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Sylvia Broderick

Mel Ferrer

Mel Ferrer

Rudy DeMeyer

Fran Jeffries

Fran Jeffries

Gretchen

Leslie Parrish

Leslie Parrish

Susan

Court is in session

Put Sex and the Single Girl on trial.

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.