Quick, Before It Melts

For the song by Cinerama, see Torino (album).

Quick, Before It Melts is a 1964 Panavision and Metrocolor comedy film directed by Delbert Mann, written by Dale Wasserman, starring Robert Morse, George Maharis, and Anjanette Comer and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on a novel of the same title by Philip Benjamin.

Plot

American magazine reporter Oliver Cannon gets an assignment to a naval expedition far from home by his boss, Harvey Sweigert, who is also the father of Oliver's fiancee, Sharon. He has never broken a big story, so Sweigert wants to see what kind of reporter he really is.

First stop is New Zealand, where photographer Pete Santelli, also along on the trip, quickly develops a romantic attraction to a local girl named Diana. And a half-Maori beauty named Tiare catches the interest of Oliver.

When the journalists move on to Antarctica, it becomes clear that a friendly Soviet citizen, Mikhail, whom they call Mickey, might be persuaded to defect. Women are invited to join the expedition, including Diana and Tiare, and the latter ends up falling in love with Mickey. Their romance and his defection is news, but a naval admiral tries to prevent Oliver from reporting his scoop to the world. Oliver shows what he's made of, then returns home to marry Sharon.

Cast

Robert Morse as Oliver Cannon
George Maharis as Pete Santelli
Howard St. John as Harvey Sweigert
Yvonne Craig as Sharon Sweigert
Anjanette Comer as Tiare
Janine Gray as Diana
Michael Constantine as Mikhail
James Gregory as the Admiral

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Works directed by Delbert Mann

Films	Marty The Bachelor Party Desire Under the Elms Separate Tables Middle of the Night The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Lover Come Back The Outsider That Touch of Mink A Gathering of Eagles Quick, Before It Melts Dear Heart Mister Buddwing Fitzwilly The Pink Jungle Kidnapped Birch Interval Love's Dark Ride Brontë Night Crossing

Television	Lights Out (1949) The Philco Television Playhouse (1949 - 1955) Goodyear Television Playhouse (1951 - 1955) Producers' Showcase (1955) Playwrights '56 (1955 - 1956) Ford Star Jubilee (1956) Omnibus (1956 - 1957) DuPont Show of the Month (1958) Playhouse 90 (1958 - 1959) NBC Sunday Showcase (1959) Startime (1960) Heidi (1968) CBS Playhouse (1968) David Copperfield (1969) Jane Eyre (1970) She Waits (1972) No Place to Run (1972) The Man Without a Country (1973) The First Woman President (1974) The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (1975) A Girl Named Sooner (1975) Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976) Tell Me My Name (1977) Breaking Up (1978) Home to Stay (1978) Tom and Joann (1978) Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (1978) Torn Between Two Lovers (1979) All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) To Find My Son (1980) Insight (1981) All the Way Home (1981) The Member of the Wedding (1982) The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983) Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984) A Death in California (1985) The Last Days of Patton (1986) The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story (1976) Tell Me My Name (1977) Breaking Up (1986) April Morning (1988) Ironclads (1991) Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992) Incident in a Small Town (1994) Lily in Winter (1994)

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