| The Opposite Sex | |
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| Directed by | David Miller |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | The Women 1936 play by Clare Boothe |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Robert Bronner |
| Edited by | John McSweeney |
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Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.8 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.8 million[1][2] |
The Opposite Sex is a 1956 American musical romantic comedy film shot in Metrocolor and CinemaScope.[3][4] The film was directed by David Miller and stars June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, and Ann Miller, with Leslie Nielsen, Jeff Richards, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell, and Sam Levene.
The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy film The Women. Both films are based on Clare Boothe Luce's original 1936 play.[5]
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
- ^ Domestic results see "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
- ^ Variety film review; September 19, 1956, page 6.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; September 22, 1956, page 151.
- ^ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2009). Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. Infobase Publishing. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-438-10910-7.