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The Seven Year Itch

- It TICKLES and TANTALIZES! - The funniest comedy since laughter began!

With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!

Release Date : 1955-06-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Charles K. Feldman Group20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Marilyn Monroe

Character Name : The Girl

Original Name : Marilyn Monroe

Gender : Female

Tom Ewell

Character Name : Richard Sherman

Original Name : Tom Ewell

Gender : Male

Evelyn Keyes

Character Name : Helen Sherman

Original Name : Evelyn Keyes

Gender : Female

Sonny Tufts

Character Name : Tom MacKenzie

Original Name : Sonny Tufts

Gender : Male

Robert Strauss

Character Name : M. Kruhulik

Original Name : Robert Strauss

Gender : Male

Oskar Homolka

Character Name : Dr. Brubaker

Original Name : Oskar Homolka

Gender : Male

Marguerite Chapman

Character Name : Miss Morris

Original Name : Marguerite Chapman

Gender : Female

Victor Moore

Character Name : Plumber

Original Name : Victor Moore

Gender : Male

Donald MacBride

Character Name : M. Brady

Original Name : Donald MacBride

Gender : Male

Carolyn Jones

Character Name : Miss Finch

Original Name : Carolyn Jones

Gender : Female

Dolores Rosedale

Character Name : Elaine

Original Name : Dolores Rosedale

Gender : Female

Kathleen Freeman

Character Name : Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

Original Name : Kathleen Freeman

Gender : Female

Doro Merande

Character Name : Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

Original Name : Doro Merande

Gender : Female

Ron Nyman

Character Name : Indian (uncredited)

Original Name : Ron Nyman

Gender : Male

Tom Nolan

Character Name : Ricky Sherman (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Nolan

Gender : Male

Ralph Littlefield

Character Name : Man at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

Original Name : Ralph Littlefield

Gender : Male

Dorothy Ford

Character Name : Indian Girl / Tall Beauty at Train Station (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Ford

Gender : Female

William H. O'Brien

Character Name : Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Original Name : William H. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Steven Benson

Character Name : Kid at Train Station (uncredited)

Original Name : Steven Benson

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Nutshell

@nutshell

2021-06-23

A funny film, though not Wilder's best, possibly due to the limits forced here by the censor board. Monroe is at her peak here, and Tom Ewell reprises his role well from the broadway stage.

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-02-01

Tom Ewell is the happily married "Richard" whose family have gone away for a few weeks leaving him all alone with his manuscript and soft drinks that sound like gut-rot in a bottle! His wife "Helen" always calls him at 10pm so he must stay awake til then, and whilst waiting his vivid imagination often kicks in! That's only more concentrated when his new upstairs neighbour (Marilyn Monroe) calls in to say hello. He's smitten! She is the epitome of his desires and as their friendship blossoms, he finds his fantasies become racier and racier, more and more fanciful and all entirely unfulfilled! What now ensues might have worked better for me had Ewell been a bit better an actor, but he doesn't really deliver very well here and we wait way too long for Monroe to come and brighten things up. She has excellent timing, and looks every inch the apple of the eye as she innocently and charmingly drives poor old "Richard" to the brink! The comedy is decently written though resorts a little too much to slapstick for it's execution and I thought the joke became just a little bit laboured after an hour or so of slightly repetitive and contrived scenarios. Not one of Billy Wilder's better films, even if a passing subway train gives us some cinema history. A sort of parody of "Beauty and the Beast", perhaps, but all just a little too tame.