The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArthur Hiller
Screenplay byGeorge Goodman
Ira Wallach
Based onThe Wheeler Dealers
1959 novel
by George Goodman
Produced byMartin Ransohoff
StarringJames Garner
Lee Remick
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byTom McAdoo
Music byFrank De Vol
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 14, 1963 (1963-11-14)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3,200,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

The Wheeler Dealers (a.k.a. Separate Beds in the UK) is a 1963 American romantic comedy film produced by Martin Ransohoff, directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring James Garner and Lee Remick. The script was written by George Goodman and Ira Wallach based on Goodman's 1959 novel of the same name. The film was produced by Filmways and distributed by MGM.

Garner called the film "a broad comedy in which my character is a lot like Bret Maverick."[2] For his performance, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[3]

  1. ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
  2. ^ Garner, James; Winokur, Jon (2011). The Garner Files: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. p. 253.
  3. ^ "James Garner". Golden Globe Awards.