Fresh
Pillow Talk is a sleekly sophisticated production that deals chiefly with s-e-x.
Variety Staff, Variety
Pillow Talk
...It's What Goes On When The Lights Go Off!
1959 · 1h 42m · Approved
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Michael Gordon
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Pillow Talk
Overview
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Compulsively mainstream as only 50s Hollywood could be, and never very funny.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
It often seems complacent and shallow.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
One of the most lively and up-to-date comedy-romances of the year.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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