That Touch of Mink (1962) - film review

Cathy Timberlake is furious when, on the day she has to go for a job interview, a passing Rolls-Royce splashes mud on her coat and dress.  She is so furious in fact that she insists on seeing the man responsible for this thoughtless act.  But when she sets eyes on that man, Philip Shayne, she is tongue-tied, as he is exactly the man she has been looking for all her life.  What she doesn’t know is that Philip is an inveterate womaniser who has absolutely no intention of getting married.  Cathy soon realises this but somehow she just can’t turn down his offer to spend a romantic weekend with him in Bermuda.  Philip thinks he has won another easy conquest.  How wrong he is...

Cary Grant and Doris Day make their one and only screen appearance together in this exuberant romantic comedy, scripted with unflagging humour by Stanley Shapiro.  The sparkling dialogue adds zest to the scintillating on-screen rapport of the two leads, whilst allowing the supporting actors, Gig Young and Audrey Meadows, their moments of glory.  The feminists will cheer at Day’s attempts to bring Grant to heel, although more daring is the subplot in which a psychiatrist is led to think Grant intends to marry his (male) underling...

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