Good Neighbor Sam
1964 · Movie · 130 min · ★ 6.6 · 75% critics
A suburban family man agrees to pose as his divorced neighbor’s husband so she can secure a large inheritance. The harmless lie quickly tangles his home life and his advertising career, especially because his new success depends on seeming respectable and morally upright.
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Details
- Years
- 1964
- Release date
- 1964-07-22
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (54 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like breezy 1960s farces, suburban mix-ups, and a lightly satirical office backdrop, somewhere between The Thrill of It All and The Parent Trap; Not for you if tangled misunderstandings wear thin.
Pros: lively mistaken-identity setup; charming cast energy; amusing ad-world satire | Cons: overly long runtime; contrived plot turns; falters in final stretch
Themes
- love triangle
- neighbor
Cast & crew
Jack Lemmon
as Sam Bissel
Romy Schneider
as Janet Lagerlof
Dorothy Provine
as Minerva Bissel
Mike Connors
as Howard Ebbets
Edward Andrews
as Mr. Burke
Louis Nye
as Reinhold Shiffner
Robert Q. Lewis
as Earl
Joyce Jameson
as Hotel Prostitute
Anne Seymour
as Irene
Charles Lane
as Jack Bailey
Directed by David Swift