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Lover Come Back

Lover Come Back

Comedy · Romance · 1961

Jerry 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.

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Lover Come Back

“A riotous new twist in the art of gentle persuasion!”

1961 Comedy · Romance 1h 47m

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7.0 / 10

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Jerry 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.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Delbert Mann

Written by

Stanley Shapiro · Paul Henning

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Jerry Webster

Doris Day

Doris Day

Carol Templeton

Tony Randall

Tony Randall

Peter 'Pete' Ramsey

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Rebel Davis

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

J. Paxton Miller

Jack Kruschen

Jack Kruschen

Doctor Linus Tyler

Ann B. Davis

Ann B. Davis

Millie, Carol's Secretary

Court is in session

Put Lover Come Back on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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.