Overview
Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary, Ellie Brown, she shocks him with a declaration of love. Inspired, Ward commands playwright MacDonald to rewrite his latest show as a May-December romance starring Brown herself. Ward struggles to make a comeback as his ex-wife, Kathryn, plots to end his new relationship.
Director and cast
- Walter Lang Director
- Clark Gable as Russell 'Russ' Ward
- Carroll Baker as Ellie Brown / Borden
- Lilli Palmer as Kathryn Ward
- Lee J. Cobb as Jeremiah MacDonald
- Barry Coe as Gordon Reynolds
- Thomas Gomez as Demetrios Bacos
- Charles Lane as Al Atwood
- Wendell Holmes as Miles Montgomery
- Tom Duggan as Roy Morton
- Saverio LoMedico as Emile
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