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Pillow Talk ()

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An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations.
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Brad Allen
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Jan Morrow
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Jonathan Forbes
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Alma
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Tony Walters
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Marie
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Harry
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Pierot
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Mrs. Walters
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Nurse Resnick
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Dr. A.C. Maxwell
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Mr. Conrad
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Eileen
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Yvette
Arlen Stuart ...
Tilda
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Perry
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Mr. Graham
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Moose Taggett
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Hotel Clerk
Karen Norris ...
Miss Dickenson
Lois Rayman ...
Jonathan's Secretary
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Mr. Walters (scenesDeleted)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Bradley ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Tex Brodus ...
Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Man in Hallway (uncredited)
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Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Truck Driver Punching Jonathan (uncredited)
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Man at Piano Bar / Passerby on Street (uncredited)
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Furniture Dealer (uncredited)
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Man in Corridor (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan ...
Trucker (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
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Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Doorman (uncredited)
Murray Pollack ...
Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Customer in Antique Shop (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Antique Dealer (uncredited)
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Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
Blaine Turner ...
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
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Coachman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Michael Gordon

Written by

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Stanley Shapiro ... (screenplay) and
Maurice Richlin ... (screenplay)
 
Russell Rouse ... (story) and
Clarence Greene ... (story)

Produced by

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Ross Hunter ... producer
Martin Melcher ... producer
Edward Muhl ... executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Frank De Vol

Cinematography by

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Arthur E. Arling ... director of photography

Editing by

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Milton Carruth

Editorial Department

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Henri Jaffa ... color consultant
William L. Stevenson ... assistant film editor (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Richard H. Riedel

Set Decoration by

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Russell A. Gausman ... (set decorations)
Ruby R. Levitt ... (set decorations)

Costume Design by

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Bill Thomas ... (uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Larry Germain ... hair stylist
Bud Westmore ... makeup artist
Nick Marcellino ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Connie Nichols ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Edward Muhl ... in charge of production
Edward Dodds ... unit production manager (uncredited)
Ernest B. Wehmeyer ... unit production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Phil Bowles ... assistant director
Carl Beringer ... assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Cunningham ... assistant director (uncredited)
John Sherwood ... second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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William Laraby ... props (uncredited)
Solly Martino ... props (uncredited)
H. John Ramos ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Leslie I. Carey ... sound
Robert Pritchard ... sound
Frank Morehead ... sound (uncredited)
James F. Rogers ... sound (uncredited)
Harold Tucker ... sound (uncredited)
Kenneth Wilson ... sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Roswell A. Hoffmann ... special photography (as Roswell Hoffmann)
Clifford Stine ... special photography

Camera and Electrical Department

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Frank J. Calabria ... additional photographer (uncredited)
Edward T. Estabrook ... still photographer (uncredited)
Russ Franks ... grip (uncredited)
Al Harris ... grip (uncredited)
Harold Haselbusch ... best boy (uncredited)
Michael Moramarco ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Tom Ouellette ... gaffer (uncredited)
John Thoeny ... assistant camera (uncredited)
K.K. Towers ... camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jean Louis ... gowns for: Doris Day
Rosamonde Lytele ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Marie Pickering ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Bucky Rous ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Joseph Gershenson ... music supervisor
Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Frank De Vol ... conductor (uncredited)
Milt Franklyn ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Ethmer Roten ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Albert Woodbury ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Dorothy Hughes ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Leon Charles ... dialogue coach (uncredited)
John Faltis ... Props (uncredited)
Wayne Fitzgerald ... title designer (uncredited)
Betty Mitchell ... unit publicist (uncredited)
Dan Thomas ... unit publicist (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In New York, the interior decorator Jan Morrow and the wolfish composer Brad Allen share a party line, but Brad keeps it busy most of the time flirting with his girlfriends. They do not know each other but Jan hates Brads since she needs the telephone for her business and can not use it. Coincidently Jan's wealthy client Jonathan Forbes that woos her is the best friend of Brad and he comments with him that he feels an unrequited love for Jan, who is a gorgeous woman. When Brad meets Jan by chance in a restaurant, he poses as a naive tourist from Texas named Rex Stetson and seduces her. But Jonathan hires a private eye to find who Rex Stetson is. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords
Taglines Footloose bachelor...beautiful career girl...and the world's most fascinating pastime! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Any Way the Wind Blows (United States)
  • Confidences sur l'oreiller (France)
  • Bettgeflüster (Germany)
  • Confidencias de medianoche (Spain)
  • Middelnachtsgeheimen (Belgium, Flemish title)
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Runtime
  • 102 min
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Trivia Ross Hunter wrote that after he made this film, no theatre managers wanted to book it. Popular movie themes at the time were war films, westerns, and spectacles. Hunter was told by the big movie chains that sophisticated comedies like this movie went out with William Powell. They also believed that Doris Day and Rock Hudson were things of the past and had been overtaken by newer stars. Hunter persuaded Sol Schwartz, who owned the Palace Theatre in New York, to book the film for a two-week run, and it was a smash hit. The public had been starved for romantic comedy, and theatre owners who had previously turned down Hunter now had to deal with him on HIS terms. See more »
Goofs A party line phone would not ring if any phone on the line was off the hook. To call another phone on the same line, a special code was dialed, then the phone was hung up which would cause the originating phone to start ringing. When the phone stopped ringing, the caller would know that the other party had answered. This is not how Brad does it. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (1971). See more »
Soundtracks Pillow Talk See more »
Crazy Credits As Doris Day sings 'Pillow Talk' over the closing credits, the film finishes with 'the end' on two horizontal pillows followed by 'not quite', 'not quite', 'not quite', 'not quite' stacked vertically on four pillows. See more »
Quotes Hotel clerk: There's no phone number, but I have a forwarding address.
Jonathan Forbes: 241 Stoneybrook Road.
Hotel clerk: Why yes sir.
Jonathan Forbes: [slams counter] And you let her go.
Hotel clerk: Well, it wasn't my place...
Jonathan Forbes: No, it's my place, and I helped him pack.
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