Phffft

Phffft

Theatrical poster
Directed by Mark Robson
Produced by Fred Kohlmar
Written by George Axelrod
Based on Phfft: Chronicle of a Happy Divorce
play
by George Axelrod[1]
Starring Judy Holliday
Jack Lemmon
Jack Carson
Kim Novak
Music by Friedrich Hollaender
Cinematography Charles Lang
Edited by Charles Nelson
Distributed by Columbia
Release dates
  • November 10, 1954 (1954-11-10)

Running time
88 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1,550,000 (US)[2]

Phffft is a 1954 black-and-white romantic comedy film starring Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, and Jack Carson, and features Kim Novak in a small but notable role. The picture was written by George Axelrod and directed by Mark Robson, and was the second film starring Holliday and Lemmon that year, after It Should Happen to You.

Plot

Nina and Robert Tracey (Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon), married for eight years, suffer marriage troubles and divorce. Robert takes up with his womanizing Navy buddy Charlie Nelson (Jack Carson) while Nina looks to her interfering mother for guidance. Robert spends the night with Janis (Kim Novak), a Marilyn Monroe-type character who finds the dashing Robert "real cute" but he feels uncomfortable with Janis and other girls he dates. Nina also tries to date other men but fails as she is still in love with Robert. Although they try to ignore each other when they accidentally meet, it is obvious that the past is not dead. Then one night, they find themselves in a nightclub, dancing the mambo together.

Cast

Production

Awards and honors

References

  1. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=51302
  2. 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
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