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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Julius J. Epstein (screenplay)
Max Shulman (play) ...
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Release Date:
4 November 1955 (USA) more
Tagline:
Add SPICE to your life! more
Plot:
Charlie Reader is a successful theater agent. He is also successful with young ladies. One day he is visited by his old friend Joe... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Deconstructing Frank more (22 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Frank Sinatra | ... | Charlie Y. Reader |
 | Debbie Reynolds | ... | Julie Gillis |
 | David Wayne | ... | Joe McCall |
| Celeste Holm | ... | Sylvia Crewes |
| Jarma Lewis | ... | Jessica Collins |
| Lola Albright | ... | Poppy Masters |
 | Carolyn Jones | ... | Helen |
| Howard St. John | ... | Mr. Sayers |
| Joey Faye | ... | Sol Z. Steiner |
| Tom Helmore | ... | Mr. Loughran |
| Willard Sage | ... | Director |
| Marc Wilder | ... | Ballet-Actor |
| Jack Boyle | ... | Audition Dancer |
| James Drury | ... | Eddie |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Die zarte Falle (West Germany) [de]
El solterón y el amor (Spain) [es]
Il fidanzato di tutte (Italy) [it]
Le tendre piège (France) [fr]
Ljuva ungkarlstid (Sweden) [sv]
O erastis me tis 100 eromenes (Greece) [el]
Poikamiesansa (Finland) [fi]
Ungkarl i fælden (Denmark) [da]
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Runtime:
111 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System) | 4-Track Stereo
Certification:
Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (certificate #17672)
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Trivia:
The original Broadway production of "The Tender Trap" by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith opened at the Longacre Theater on October 13, 1954 and ran for 102 performances. The original cast included Robert Preston and Kim Hunter. more
Quotes:
Sylvia Crewes: Joe, do you have any idea what's available to a woman of 33? Married men. Drunks. Pretty boys looking for someone to support them. Lunatics looking for their fifth divorce! It's quite a list, isn't it? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Phil Hartman/Gin Blossoms (#21.16)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
(Love Is) The Tender Trap more
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The start of this film isn't promising. Another dated 1950s sex comedy with a lot of babes. And then it takes off at a tangent and gets serious, deconstructing the bachelor heel played by Frank. Debbie Reynolds is magnificent as the love interest who is frankly very strange. The scene where she falls for Frank as he plays the title song on the piano, and the scene in her apartment where she declares her love, are unique. Stick with this movie.