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Walk, Don't Run
DVD cover
Directed byCharles Walters
Written byRobert Russell
Frank Ross
Screenplay bySol Saks
Garson Kanin
Produced bySol C. Siegel
StarringCary Grant
Samantha Eggar
Jim Hutton
CinematographyHarry Stradling Sr.
Edited byWalter A. Thompson
James D. Wells
Music byQuincy Jones
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Sol C. Siegel Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 29, 1966 (1966-06-29) (U.S.)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$7,500,000[1]

Walk, Don't Run is a 1966 American comedy film directed by Charles Walters, and starring Cary Grant in his final film role, Samantha Eggar and Jim Hutton. The film is a remake of the 1943 film The More the Merrier and is set during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

The title stems from he basic rule of athletic walking that competitors must not at any point run (both feet leaving the ground).

Plot

In 1964 Tokyo, Sir William Rutland (Cary Grant) is an important British businessman, who arrives two days early and is greeted by the housing shortage caused by the 1964 Summer Olympics. While at the British Embassy seeking help, he notices an announcement of an available apartment and decides to check the place out. He finds himself at the residence of Christine Easton, who insists that it would be improper to take him in as a housemate; she had forgotten to advertise that she would prefer to rent to a woman. Easton eventually lets Rutland stay—half because she is persuaded it is her patriotic duty to take him in and half because of Rutland's own self-assured pushiness.

Rutland sublets half of his cramped space to American Olympic competitor Steve Davis. While Easton is less than thrilled with the arrangement, she has to put up with it, as she has already spent Rutland's share of the rent. Rutland sets about playing matchmaker for the two young people, in spite of their disparate personalities and Easton’s engagement to a boringly dependable British diplomat, Julius P. Haversack.

Davis repeatedly refuses to reveal what sport he is competing in. Rutland meddles in the young couple's romantic troubles. To further his matchmaking, he even strips down to his boxer shorts and a T-shirt so he can pretend to be a competitor and talk to Davis during his event, the men's 50 kilometres walk, and try to heal the breach between the young lovers.

Cast

Production

Grant retired from acting after this film in order to raise his daughter, who was born earlier that year.

Score

Main article: Walk, Don't Run (soundtrack)

The film's music was composed by Quincy Jones, with Peggy Lee contributing to the writing of the songs, "Stay with Me" and "Happy Feet". The score featured Toots Thielemans on harmonica and the trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison.

Reception

The film grossed $7,500,000[1] at the box office, earning $4.5 million in US theatrical rentals.[2] It was the 22nd highest grossing film of 1966.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Box Office Information for Walk, Don't Run". The Numbers. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 pg 8

Bibliography

  • Reid, John Howard. "Walk, Don't Run." Reid's Film Index, no. 36 (1998): 178–181.
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