Wild and Wonderful

Wild and Wonderful
Directed byMichael Anderson
Written byRichard M. Powell
Philip Rapp
Larry Markes
Michael Morris
Waldo Salt
Based on"I Married a Dog" (story)
by Dorothy Crider
Produced byHarold Hecht
StarringTony Curtis
Christine Kaufmann
CinematographyJoseph LaShelle
Edited byGene Milford
Music byMorton Stevens
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 10, 1964 (1964-06-10)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box officeest. $2,000,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

Wild and Wonderful is a 1964 comedy film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Tony Curtis and Christine Kaufmann. The screenplay concerns a clever French poodle named Monsieur Cognac, and the dog's effect on the newly married couple portrayed by Curtis and Kaufmann.[2] The film was co-produced by Harold Hecht and Curtis, the actor's last under his long contractual relationship with Universal Studios.[3]

  1. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.
  2. ^ "'Wild and Wonderful' is Wild and Wacky Fun", Boxoffice reprinted in Evening Independent, June 4, 1964.
  3. ^ Biography at tonycurtis.com official website.