Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

Theatrical release poster.
Directed by George Marshall
Produced by Edward Small
Written by George Kennett
Albert E. Lewin
Burt Styler
Starring Bob Hope
Elke Sommer
Phyllis Diller
Cesare Danova
Marjorie Lord
Music by William "By" Dunham
Richard LaSalle
Cinematography Lionel Lindon
Production
company
Edward Small Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
  • June 8, 1966 (1966-06-08)
Running time
 99 minutes
Country United States
Box office $4.3 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1]

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! is a 1966 American comedy film starring Bob Hope and Elke Sommer.

Plot

A gorgeous French actress named Didi (Elke Sommer) has become more famous for commercials involving bubble baths than for acting. Fed up with the situation, she winds up running away for a while to Oregon, where she encounters a middle-aged married realtor (Bob Hope) who quickly becomes extremely anxious to explore their acquaintance further.

Cast

Production

The film was Bob Hope's second with Edward Small.[2] Filming started October 1965.[3] It marked Phyllis Diller's film debut as a lead - she signed for five more pictures with Hope.[4]

Reception

With Bob Hope's film career on the downswing by the '60s, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! was critically panned and compared to a "90-minute TV sitcom".[5] The critic for the New York Times drew parallels with Up in Mabel's Room which Edward Small had made twenty years previously.[6] Reviews were poor.[7] However it performed well at the box office. Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! was listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, January 4, 1967 p 8
  2. ↑ Star of 'Luv' Called Genius Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 02 Aug 1965: d17.
  3. ↑ MOVIE CALL SHEET: Train Wreck Derails Film Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 11 Aug 1965: d12.
  4. ↑ 'Wrong Number' Starts Diller in Films Clifford, Terry. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 01 May 1966: g15.
  5. ↑ Bob Hope: More Than A Gagster?: Bob Hope: More Than A Gagster? By JEFFREY COUCHMAN. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 06 May 1979: 85.
  6. ↑ Bob Hope and 'A Wrong Number' New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 09 June 1966: 52
  7. ↑ lke Sommer, Gags Bubble in Hope's 'Wrong Number' Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 15 June 1966: d14.

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