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With: Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, Felicia Farr, Cliff Osmond, Barbara Pepper, Skip Ward, Doro Merande, Bobo Lewis, Tom Nolan, Alice Pearce, John Fiedler, Arlen Stuart, Howard McNear, Cliff Norton
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Written by: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, based on a play by Anna Bonacci
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Directed by: Billy Wilder
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Running Time: 125
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Date: 12/22/1964
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Keen-o Dino
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Billy Wilder's Kiss Me Stupid was one of the writer-director's most notorious efforts, raising the ire of the Catholic Church before its release. Dean Martin plays an alcoholic lounge singer named Dino who takes a detour through a small town and meets up with hopeful songwriter Ray Walston. Walston and his partner Cliff Osmond decide that if they can provide Dino with a woman for a night to keep him happy, they'll have a chance to sell one of their songs. They enlist Polly the Pistol (Kim Novak) to "play" Walston's wife for a night, but everything goes haywire and Dino ends up with Walston's real wife (Felicia Farr, Wilder's real-life wife). It doesn't make much sense, but Wilder's beautiful use of the black-and-white widescreen frame, dazzling casting and crisp pace make it an interesting oddity.
Olive Films has provided a 2015 Blu-ray release to supplant MGM's out-of-print 2003 DVD. Its black-and-white transfer is top-notch (the movie looks better than I remembered), and the audio is fine. The only extra is a trailer.
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