The Opposite Sex (1956)

November 15, 1956 (US) • Comedy, Music, Romance • 116m

Overview

Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.

Director

David Miller

Writers

Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin

Top Billed

June Allyson

Keywords

infidelity nightclub

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Top Billed Cast

June Allyson

Kay Ashley Hilliard

Joan Collins

Crystal Allen

Dolores Gray

Sylvia Fowler

Ann Sheridan

Amanda Penrose

Ann Miller

Gloria Dahl

Leslie Nielsen

Steve Hilliard

Jeff Richards

Buck Winston

Agnes Moorehead

Countess Lavaliere

Charlotte Greenwood

Lucy

Joan Blondell

Edith Potter

Sam Levene

Mike Pearl

Bill Goodwin

Howard Fowler

Alice Pearce

Olga

Barbara Jo Allen

Dolly DeHaven

Sandy Descher

Debbie Hilliard

Carolyn Jones

Pat

Jerry Antes

Leading Man Dancer

Alan Marshal

Ted

Jonathan Hole

Phelps Potter

Harry James

Art Mooney

Dick Shawn

Singer

Jim Backus

Psychiatrist

Franklyn Farnum

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Dean Jones

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)

Maidie Norman

Violet (uncredited)

Luana Lee

Telephone Girl (uncredited)

Don Anderson

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Jean Andren

Gossip (uncredited)

Jan Arvan

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Club Patron (uncredited)

Alex Ball

Club Patron (uncredited)

Foy David Blanton

Bass Player (uncredited)

Lela Bliss

Wealthy Matron (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

Gossip (uncredited)

Marvin Bryan

Television Director (uncredited)

Ahna Capri

Child (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)

Barrie Chase

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

George Cisar

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Joe Corey

Army Officer (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Gabriel Curtiz

Maitre D' (uncredited)

Jack Daly

Drunken Husband on Street (uncredited)

Jeanne Dante

(uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Backstage Photographer (uncredited)

Jack Deery

Anniversary Party Waiter (uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Don Dillaway

Bill (uncredited)

Darlene Engle

Chorine (uncredited)

Kay English

Aristocratic Woman (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

Ticket Buyer (uncredited)

James Farrar

Ticket Buyer (uncredited)

Elizabeth Flournoy

Departing Woman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Anniversary Party Guest (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

Club Car Bartender (uncredited)

George Ford

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Dolores Fuller

(uncredited)

Sue George

Debutante (uncredited)

Richard Grant

Television Stage Manager (uncredited)

Jo Ann Greer

Kay (singing voice) (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Harry Harvey Jr.

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Ed Haskett

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Mary Alan Hokanson

(uncredited)

Bob Hopkins

Drunk at 21 (uncredited)

Art Howard

Club Patron (uncredited)

Helen Jay

(uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Stagehand (uncredited)

Joe Karnes

Pianist (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Club Patron (uncredited)

Jess Kirkpatrick

Al (uncredited)

Jeanne Lafayette

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Janet Lake

Miss Wilson (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Charlotte Lawrence

Manicurist (uncredited)

King Lockwood

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

Party Guest (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky

Lutsi (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Vivian Marshall

Showgirl (uncredited)

Harry Tom McKenna

Hughie (uncredited)

Joe McTurk

Popsicle Vendor at Park (uncredited)

Eve McVeagh

Departing Woman (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Anniversary Party Guest (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Anniversary Party Guest (uncredited)

Ann Morriss

Sydney's Receptionist (uncredited)

Sol Murgi

Waiter (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Backstage Guest at Benefit (uncredited)

Karine Nordman

Helene (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

Anniversary Party Guest (uncredited)

Leslie Parrish

Leg Model (uncredited)

Murray Pollack

Anniversary Party Guest (uncredited)

Lillian Powell

Audience Member (uncredited)

Fred Rapport

Club Patron (uncredited)

Waclaw Rekwart

Waiter (uncredited)

Peggy Remington

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Mitchell Rhein

Passerby on Sidewalk (uncredited)

Vernon Rich

Kay's Lawyer (uncredited)

Gordon Richards

Hilliard's Butler (uncredited)

Edwin Rochelle

Passerby (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Man Leaving Phone Booth (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell

Backstage Man (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Club Patron (uncredited)

Bernard Sell

Club Patron (uncredited)

Maxine Semon

Gossip (uncredited)

Doris Simons

Departing Woman (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Patron at 21 (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Store Clerk Stampeded By Women (uncredited)

Wayne Taylor

Counter Boy (uncredited)

Sid Tomack

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Dee Turnell

Showgirl (uncredited)

Bunny Waters

Amazon (uncredited)

Marc Wilder

Dancer (uncredited)

Allen Wood

Onlooker at Buck's Spurs (uncredited)

Wilson Wood

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Trude Wyler

(uncredited)

Rodney Bieber

Dancer

Crew

Joe Pasternak

Producer

Helen Rose

Costume Design

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Fay Kanin

Screenplay

William Tuttle

Makeup Artist

Sydney Guilaroff

Hairstylist

Michael Kanin

Screenplay

David Miller

Director

Nicholas Brodszky

Songs

George Stoll

Songs

Ralph Freed

Lyricist

Robert Sidney

Stage Director

George Rhein

Assistant Director

George Stoll

Music Supervisor

Wesley C. Miller

Recording Supervision

Kendrick Kinney

Sound Editor

John Lipow

Sound Editor

Robert Van Eps

Orchestrator

Henry Grace

Set Decoration

Charles K. Hagedon

Editorial Consultant

Clare Boothe Luce

Theatre Play

Robert Van Eps

Original Music Composer

Daniel B. Cathcart

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Sammy Cahn

Lyricist

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

John McSweeney Jr.

Editor

George Stoll

Original Music Composer

Robert J. Bronner

Director of Photography

Warren Newcombe

Special Effects

Irving Aaronson

Music Coordinator

Albert Sendrey

Orchestrator

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

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Revenue

$2,760,000

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The Opposite Sex (1956)

Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin

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