ComedyRomance

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

- 38-22-36 Boy - she has some area code!

Tom Meade mistakenly dials the gorgeous European film star Didi at her Oregon hotel. Didi, who has escaped Hollywood to avoid being typecast as a bombshell, takes up Meade's offer to hide away at his backwoods cabin. Meade, with the help of his housekeeper, goes to absurd lengths to help the actress evade discovery by both the public and his suspicious wife.

Release Date : 1966-06-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Edward Small Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade

Original Name : Bob Hope

Gender : Male

Character Name : Didi

Original Name : Elke Sommer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Martha Meade

Original Name : Marjorie Lord

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lily

Original Name : Phyllis Diller

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pepe Pepponi

Original Name : Cesare Danova

Gender : Male

Character Name : Switchboard Operator

Original Name : Joyce Jameson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Titus Zeale

Original Name : Norman Leavitt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doris Meade

Original Name : Terry Burnham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Larry Meade

Original Name : Kevin Burchett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Shawn Regan

Original Name : Kelly Thordsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Schwartz

Original Name : Benny Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stagehand

Original Name : Walter Mathews

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-09-02

It probably isn't really very fair to watch this 55 years after it was made and offer any kind of meaningful critique. To underestimate the popularity at the time of Bob Hope would be an error - he was amongst the greatest entertainment stars the world has ever known. Does that make this a good film? Well, no - sadly it doesn't, but what it does do it provide him with a vehicle for his pithy quips that frequently involve a fair (and enjoyable) degree of sarcasm and double entendre, illustrative of his style of quick-witted humour. The thickly accented Elke Sommer ("Didi") features here too, as a rather ditzy actress who ends up bringing some well scripted chaos to his life as realtor ("Meade") and there is his long suffering wife "Martha" (Marjorie Lord) with her astonishing wigs, and finally Phyllis Diller frequently stealing the show as their housekeeper "Lily". There is a plot, but that's merely a template for the continuous barrage of comedy from Hope, which though dated - and certainly political incorrect at times, just about manages to steer this through for a seemingly long 100 minutes. There are some wonderfully cheap and cheerful sets (that is so clearly a painting behind their living room window) and it's an assemble edit that most kids could probably now do on their phones. Essentially, it's only a film for Hope fans.