Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966 film by George Marshall
- June 8, 1966 (1966-06-08)
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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! is a 1966 DeLuxe Color American comedy film starring Bob Hope and Elke Sommer. This film marked the first of three film collaborations for Hope and comedian Phyllis Diller, and was followed by Eight on the Lam in 1967 and The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell in 1968.[2]
Plot
A gorgeous French actress named Didi (Elke Sommer) has become more famous for commercials involving bubble baths than for acting. Fed up with the situation, she winds up running away for a while to Oregon, where she encounters a middle-aged married realtor (Bob Hope) who agrees to secretly assist her and thereby becomes enmeshed in various complications when the realtor and his wacky housekeeper try to hide her from being found by his wife and by the public.
Cast
- Bob Hope as Tom Meade
- Elke Sommer as Didi
- Phyllis Diller as Lily
- Cesare Danova as Pepe Pepponi
- Marjorie Lord as Mrs. Martha Meade
- Kelly Thordsen as Detective Shawn Regan
- Benny Baker as Detective Lt. Schwartz
- Terry Burnham as Doris Meade
- Joyce Jameson as Telephone operator
- Harry von Zell as Newscaster / Off-Screen Narrator
- Kevin Burchett as Larry Meade
- Keith Taylor as Plympton
Production
The film was Bob Hope's second with Edward Small.[3] Filming started in October 1965.[4] It marked Phyllis Diller's film debut as a lead – she signed for five more pictures with Hope.[5]
Reception
With Bob Hope's film career on the downswing by the '60s, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! was critically panned and compared to a "90-minute TV sitcom".[6] The critic for The New York Times drew parallels with Up in Mabel's Room which Edward Small had made twenty years previously.[7] Reviews were poor.[8] However it performed well at the box office. Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! was listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.
See also
References
- ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, January 4, 1967 p 8
- ^ "Feature Film/TV Episode/Video/TV Movie/TV Special/TV Mini-Series/Documentary/Video Game/Short Film, with Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller (Sorted by Year Ascending)". IMDb.
- ^ Hopper, Hedda (Aug 2, 1965). "Star of 'Luv' Called Genius". Los Angeles Times. p. d17.
- ^ Martin, Betty (Aug 11, 1965). "MOVIE CALL SHEET: Train Wreck Derails Film". Los Angeles Times. p. d12.
- ^ Clifford, Terry. (May 1, 1966). "'Wrong Number' Starts Diller in Films". Chicago Tribune. p. g15.
- ^ JEFFREY COUCHMAN (May 6, 1979). "Bob Hope: More Than A Gagster?: Bob Hope: More Than A Gagster?". New York Times. p. 85.
- ^ "Bob Hope and 'A Wrong Number'". New York Times. June 9, 1966. p. 52.
- ^ Scheuer, Philip K. (15 June 1966). "lke Sommer, Gags Bubble in Hope's 'Wrong Number'". Los Angeles Times. p. d14.
External links
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! at IMDb
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! at AllMovie
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! at the TCM Movie Database
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! at the American Film Institute Catalog
- "Boy,_Did_I_Get_a_Wrong_Number 1966". Alamy. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- "Boy Did I Get A Wrong Number 1966". Getty Images. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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Films directed by George Marshall
- The Committee on Credentials (1916)
- Love's Lariat (1916)
- A Woman's Eyes (1916)
- The Devil's Own (1916)
- The Man from Montana (1917)
- The Midnight Flyer (1918)
- The Adventures of Ruth (1919)
- Ruth of the Rockies (1920)
- Prairie Trails (1920)
- After Your Own Heart (1921)
- The Lady from Longacre (1921)
- Hands Off! (1921)
- A Ridin' Romeo (1921)
- Why Trust Your Husband? (1921)
- Smiles Are Trumps (1922)
- Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande (1923)
- Where is This West? (1923)
- Men in the Raw (1923)
- The Back Trail (1924)
- Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
- Their First Mistake (1932)
- Towed in a Hole (1932)
- Ever Since Eve (1934)
- Wild Gold (1934)
- She Learned About Sailors (1934)
- 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
- Life Begins at 40 (1935)
- $10 Raise (1935)
- Music Is Magic (1935)
- In Old Kentucky (1935)
- Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
- Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
- A Message to Garcia (1936)
- The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
- Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
- Love Under Fire (1937)
- The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
- Battle of Broadway (1938)
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
- Destry Rides Again (1939)
- The Ghost Breakers (1940)
- When the Daltons Rode (1940)
- Pot o' Gold (1941)
- Texas (1941)
- Valley of the Sun (1942)
- The Forest Rangers (1942)
- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
- Riding High (1943)
- True to Life (1943)
- And the Angels Sing (1944)
- Murder, He Says (1945)
- Incendiary Blonde (1945)
- Hold That Blonde (1945)
- The Blue Dahlia (1946)
- Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
- The Perils of Pauline (1947)
- Variety Girl (1947)
- Hazard (1948)
- Tap Roots (1948)
- My Friend Irma (1949)
- Fancy Pants (1950)
- Never a Dull Moment (1950)
- A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
- The Savage (1952)
- Off Limits (1953)
- Scared Stiff (1953)
- Houdini (1953)
- Money from Home (1953)
- Red Garters (1954)
- Duel in the Jungle (1954)
- Destry (1954)
- The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
- Pillars of the Sky (1956)
- Beyond Mombasa (1956)
- The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
- The Sad Sack (1957)
- The Sheepman (1958)
- Imitation General (1958)
- The Mating Game (1959)
- It Started with a Kiss (1959)
- The Gazebo (1959)
- Cry for Happy (1961)
- The Happy Thieves (1961)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
- Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
- Dark Purpose (1964)
- Advance to the Rear (1964)
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
- Eight on the Lam (1967)
- The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
- Hook, Line & Sinker (1969)
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