| Tall Story | |
|---|---|
 Original 1960 film promotion poster | |
| Directed by | Joshua Logan |
| Screenplay by | Julius J. Epstein |
| Based on | Tall Story 1959 play by Russel Crouse Howard Lindsay The Homecoming Game 1957 novel by Howard Nemerov |
| Produced by | Joshua Logan |
| Starring | Anthony Perkins Jane Fonda |
| Cinematography | Ellsworth Fredericks |
| Edited by | Philip W. Anderson |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,700,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Tall Story is a 1960 American romantic comedy film made by Warner Bros., directed by Joshua Logan, and starring Anthony Perkins and Jane Fonda in her film debut. It is based on the 1957 novel The Homecoming Game by Howard Nemerov, which was the basis of a successful 1959 Broadway play titled Tall Story, by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.[2][3] The film was a considerable departure from Logan's previous two projects, the drama Sayonara, which won multiple Academy Awards, and the blockbuster South Pacific. It was Robert Redford's first film — he played a basketball player in an uncredited role (Redford had previously appeared as a replacement in the Broadway musical in 1959).[4]
The film is a farcical social satire of American campus life, making fun of the way college life can become a marriage market for some students. Fonda portrays a character who is the complete opposite of the independent liberated woman she later personified.
- ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
- ^ "Tall Story (1960) - Screenplay Info - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "Tall Story". IBDB. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^ "Robert Redford". www.cbsnews.com. 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2024-06-12.