Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
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- Approved
- 2h 10min
- Comedy
- 22 Jul 1964 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
Jack Lemmon | ... |
Sam Bissell
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Romy Schneider | ... |
Janet Lagerlof
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Dorothy Provine | ... |
Minerva Bissell
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Mike Connors | ... |
Howard Ebbets
(as Michael Connors)
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Edward Andrews | ... |
Mr. Burke
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Louis Nye | ... |
Reinhold Shiffner
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Robert Q. Lewis | ... |
Earl
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Joyce Jameson | ... |
Hotel Prostitute
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Anne Seymour | ... |
Irene
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Charles Lane | ... |
Jack Bailey
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Linda Watkins | ... |
Edna Bailey
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Peter Hobbs | ... |
Phil Reisner
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Tristram Coffin | ... |
Sonny Blatchford
(as Tris Coffin)
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Neil Hamilton | ... |
Larry Boling
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Riza Royce | ... |
Miss Halverson
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William Forrest | ... |
Millard Mellner
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The Hi-Los | ... |
The Hi-Lo's
(as The Hi-Lo's)
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Edward G. Robinson | ... |
Simon Nurdlinger
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John Alban | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Sheldon Allman | ... |
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Tom Anthony | ... |
Assistant Director (uncredited)
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Elsie Baker | ... |
Mrs. Nurdlinger (uncredited)
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Jim Bannon | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Brandon Beach | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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George Blagoi | ... |
Nurdlinger Servant (uncredited)
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Barbara Bouchet | ... |
Receptionist (uncredited)
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Paul Bradley | ... |
Advertising Agency Executive (uncredited)
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Jan Brooks | ... |
Gloria (uncredited)
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William Bryant | ... |
Hausner - 1st Lawyer (uncredited)
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Andrew Buck | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Clark Burroughs | ... |
The Hi-Lo's - Hertz Commercial (uncredited)
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Peter Camlin | ... |
French Waiter (uncredited)
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Jan Citron | ... |
Tricyclist Opening Credits (uncredited)
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Aneta Corsaut | ... |
Fran (uncredited)
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Vicki Cos | ... |
Jenna Bissell (uncredited)
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Jimmy Cross | ... |
Drunk (uncredited)
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Barbara Eaton | ... |
Hooker (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Mrs. Burke (uncredited)
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Joel Fluellen | ... |
Judge (uncredited)
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Richard Hale | ... |
Mr. Vernier (uncredited)
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Harry Hines | ... |
Old Man in Window (uncredited)
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Idell James | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Kym Karath | ... |
Denise Bissell (uncredited)
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Colin Kenny | ... |
Nurdlinger Servant (uncredited)
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David Ketchum | ... |
Dave - Hertz Commercial Actor (uncredited)
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Hilda Kirby | ... |
Derelict (uncredited)
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Bernie Kopell | ... |
Richard Taragon (uncredited)
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Gil Lamb | ... |
Drunk (uncredited)
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Leota Lorraine | ... |
Guest (uncredited)
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Bob Morse | ... |
The Hi-Lo's - Hertz Commercial (uncredited)
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Lucy Moyer | ... |
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
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Quinn O'Hara | ... |
Marsha (uncredited)
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Sherry O'Neil | ... |
Hooker (uncredited)
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Morry Ogden | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Joe Palma | ... |
Joe the Mailman (uncredited)
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Pat Patterson | ... |
Foot Policeman (uncredited)
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Paul Power | ... |
Advertising Agency Executive (uncredited)
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Gene Puerling | ... |
The Hi-Lo's - Hertz Commercial (uncredited)
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Harry Ray | ... |
Harry the Milkman (uncredited)
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Tony Regan | ... |
Advertising Agency Executive (uncredited)
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Walter Rode | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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George Savalas | ... |
Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Dee Sharon | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Pearl Shear | ... |
Hooker (uncredited)
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Don Shelton | ... |
The Hi-Lo's - Hertz Commercial (uncredited)
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Norman Stevans | ... |
Advertising Agency Executive (uncredited)
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Hommy Stewart | ... |
Painter (uncredited)
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David Swift | ... |
TV Director (uncredited)
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Hal Taggart | ... |
McVale (uncredited)
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Patrick Waltz | ... |
Wyeth - 2nd Lawyer (uncredited)
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Harlan Warde | ... |
Mr. Anderson - Attorney (uncredited)
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Zanouba | ... |
Belly Dancer (uncredited)
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Directed by
David Swift |
Written by
James Fritzell | ... | (screenplay) & |
Everett Greenbaum | ... | (screenplay) & |
David Swift | ... | (screenplay) |
Jack Finney | ... | (novel) |
Produced by
Marvin Miller | ... | associate producer |
David Swift | ... | producer |
Music by
Frank De Vol | ... | (as DeVol) |
Cinematography by
Burnett Guffey | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Charles Nelson |
Editorial Department
Ralph James Hall | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Production Design by
Dale Hennesy |
Set Decoration by
Ray Moyer |
Costume Design by
Micheline | ||
Jacqueline Moreau | ... | (as Jacqueline) |
Makeup Department
Ben Lane | ... | makeup supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
R. Robert Rosenbaum | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
James Z. Flaster | ... | sound |
Charles J. Rice | ... | sound supervisor |
Stunts
Morry Ogden | ... | stunts |
Linda Carroll | ... | stunt double: Romy Schneider (uncredited) |
Harvey Parry | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Fuca | ... | set costumer (uncredited) |
Music Department
Ethmer Roten | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Albert Woodbury | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Jean-Étienne Siry | ... | poster designer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures (1964) (United States) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1964) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia C.E.I.A.D. (1964) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film (1964) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Columbia Films S. A. (1965) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Kamera (1965) (Norway) (theatrical)
- CBS (1966) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- GoodTimes Home Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (United States) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD) (Platinum Classic Film Collection)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (Germany) (VHS)
- RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (1987) (Australia) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Pathe UK (Eastman Color by)
- The Hi-Lo's (group cast members)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Sam Bissel is a wholesome family man with a loving wife, Min, and two loving daughters. They lead a happy suburban life. The only part of Sam's life that he is not happy about is his job as a lowly cog in the art department of the advertising firm of Burke & Hare. Sam's professional life takes a major turn when he is made executive of the Nurdlinger Dairy account. Simon Nurdlinger is a wholesome family man who wants a wholesome family man with wholesome family ideals heading his account, Sam the only one in Burke & Hare that fits the bill. Sam's home life also takes a major turn when Min's college friend, Janet Lagerlof, moves in next door. Janet stands to inherit $15 million from her grandfather's estate, but the will has a clause that she must be happily married to inherit the money. Janet is technically divorced from Howard Ebbets, and states that getting back with Howard is not worth $15 million. But when Jack Bailey and Irene Krump - two of Janet's relatives who would like to find any excuse to contest the will - come by for an unexpected visit, Janet impetuously introduces Sam as her husband, Howard. Things get more complicated for Sam when he is later forced to introduce Janet as Mrs. Bissel to both Burke and Nurdlinger. Sam and by association Min go along with the ruse, and for their troubles Janet offers to give them $1 million of her inheritance. After that, further complications occur: Janet notices a private investigator snooping around the neighborhood, the P.I. hired by Janet's relatives; Howard, Janet's ex-husband comes back wanting to reconcile with her; and without Sam's knowledge, the Nurdlinger creative includes billboards featuring a wholesome couple espousing the goodness of Nurdlinger milk, that wholesome couple being Sam and Janet as Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bissel. They just have to continue dealing with these complications until the legal hearing. But Min may just have had enough of this plan before they get the money. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | Slam! Bam! Here comes Sam!...Caught in the Middle of a Two-Woman Jam! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | According to Robert Osborne on TCM, this was a film that Jack Lemmon didn't really want to do, but by doing it he fulfilled a contract with Columbia. And, like the previous year's Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), it stupefied Lemmon that they were both very successful films. See more » |
Goofs | The Bissell's kitchen wall telephone moves from being mounted on the outside surface of the post to the kitchen side of the post. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (1988). See more » |
Soundtracks | Let Hertz Put You in the Driver's Seat See more » |
Quotes |
Hertz Commercial Man:
[after finally being lowered into convertible]
Man, that's *real* coffee! [in tears] Hertz Commercial Man: Oh, noooo! See more » |