A Guide for the Married Man

A Guide for the Married Man
Directed byGene Kelly
Screenplay byFrank Tarloff
Based onA Guide for the Married Man, as Told to Frank Tarloff
1967 novel
by Frank Tarloff
Produced byFrank McCarthy
StarringWalter Matthau
Robert Morse
Inger Stevens
Sue Ane Langdon
Claire Kelly
Elaine Devry
CinematographyJoseph MacDonald
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byJohn Williams
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • May 25, 1967 (1967-05-25)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.3 million[1]
Box office$5 million (US/ Canada)[2]
Linda Harrison and Carl Reiner

A Guide for the Married Man is a 1967 American bedroom-farce comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Morse and Inger Stevens.[3][4][5] It features many cameos, including those by Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Terry-Thomas, Jayne Mansfield, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Joey Bishop, Art Carney and Wally Cox.[3] The title song, performed by the Turtles, is composed by John Williams, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.

  1. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 255.
  2. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.
  3. ^ a b Faris 1994, p. 105.
  4. ^ Willis 1968, p. 43.
  5. ^ Parish & Pitts 1990, p. 451.