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Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice (1963)

February 24, 1963 (US) • Comedy, Romance • 100m

Overview

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.

Director

Don Weis

Writer

Jack Sher

Top Billed

Bob Hope

Keywords

psychologist critic
Where to watch

Top Billed Cast

Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Parker Ballantine

Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball

Angela Ballantine

Marilyn Maxwell
Marilyn Maxwell

Ivy London

Rip Torn
Rip Torn

Dion Kapakos

Jessie Royce Landis
Jessie Royce Landis

Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

John Dehner
John Dehner

S.P. Champlain

Jim Backus
Jim Backus

Dr. William Von Hagedorn

Ricky Kelman
Ricky Kelman

John Ballantine

Dorothy Green
Dorothy Green

Mrs. Margaret Champlain

Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor

Sally Orr

Joseph Gallison
Joseph Gallison

Philip "Phil" Yardley

Joan Shawlee
Joan Shawlee

Marge Orr

Richard Deacon
Richard Deacon

Harvey Rittenhouse

Jerome Cowan
Jerome Cowan

Joe Rosenfield

Donald Losby
Donald Losby

Geoffrey Von Hagedorn

Lurene Tuttle
Lurene Tuttle

Mother in "Sisters Three"

Ernestine Wade
Ernestine Wade

Thelma

Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams

Bartender

John Alban
John Alban

Audience Member (uncredited)

Leon Alton
Leon Alton

Audience Member (uncredited)

Pamela Austin
Pamela Austin

Daughter (uncredited)

Walter Bacon
Walter Bacon

Audience Member (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin
Bill Baldwin

Man on the Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Brandon Beach
Brandon Beach

Audience Member (uncredited)

Kathy Bennett
Kathy Bennett

Daughter (uncredited)

Mary Benoit
Mary Benoit

Woman (uncredited)

Willie Bloom
Willie Bloom

Audience Member (uncredited)

Nesdon Booth
Nesdon Booth

Man (uncredited)

Paul Bradley
Paul Bradley

Audience Member (uncredited)

Tex Brodus
Tex Brodus

Audience Member (uncredited)

Joe Brooks
Joe Brooks

Catcher (uncredited)

Ivan Browning
Ivan Browning

Audience Member (uncredited)

Theona Bryant
Theona Bryant

Beauty Operator (uncredited)

Robert Buckingham
Robert Buckingham

Spectator (uncredited)

Judy Cannon
Judy Cannon

Spectator (uncredited)

Ahna Capri
Ahna Capri

Daughter (uncredited)

Gordon Carveth
Gordon Carveth

Spectator (uncredited)

Louis Cavalier
Louis Cavalier

Little League Rooter (uncredited)

Dick Cherney
Dick Cherney

Audience Member (uncredited)

Beulah Christian
Beulah Christian

Audience Member (uncredited)

Charles Cirillo
Charles Cirillo

Audience Member (uncredited)

Michael Cirillo
Michael Cirillo

Spectator (uncredited)

Stephen Coit
Stephen Coit

Waiter at Sardi's (uncredited)

Bud Cokes
Bud Cokes

Audience Member (uncredited)

Paul Cristo
Paul Cristo

Audience Member (uncredited)

Oliver Cross
Oliver Cross

Audience Member (uncredited)

Lillian Culver
Lillian Culver

Woman (uncredited)

Russell Custer
Russell Custer

Audience Member (uncredited)

Roy Damron
Roy Damron

Audience Member (uncredited)

Richard Davies
Richard Davies

Spectator (uncredited)

Harry Denny
Harry Denny

Spectator (uncredited)

George DeNormand
George DeNormand

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mimi Dillard
Mimi Dillard

Maid (uncredited)

Richard Durham
Richard Durham

Robert DeMartin (uncredited)

Leoda Richards
Leoda Richards

Lady On Airport Escelator

Grace Lee Whitney
Grace Lee Whitney

Minor Role

James Flavin
James Flavin

Security Guard (uncredited)

Sam Flint
Sam Flint

Little League Rooter (uncredited)

George Ford
George Ford

Audience Member (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson
Thomas E. Jackson

Joe, the Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Mike Lally
Mike Lally

Audience Member at 'Sisters Three' (uncredited)

William Meader
William Meader

Audience Member (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Harold Miller

First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery
Ray Montgomery

Actor in 'Week End' (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Jack Mower

Audience Member (uncredited)

Sol Murgi
Sol Murgi

Audience Member (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
William H. O'Brien

Audience Member (uncredited)

Murray Pollack
Murray Pollack

Audience Member (uncredited)

Tony Regan
Tony Regan

Party Guest (uncredited)

Clark Ross
Clark Ross

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo
Cosmo Sardo

Audience Member (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock
Charles Sherlock

Audience Member (uncredited)

Hal Smith
Hal Smith

Drunk (uncredited)

Ron Stokes
Ron Stokes

Partygoer (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
Arthur Tovey

Audience Member (uncredited)

Ralph Volkie
Ralph Volkie

Audience Member (uncredited)

Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson

First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)

Crew
Jack Sher
Jack Sher

Screenplay

Ira Levin
Ira Levin

Theatre Play

Don Weis
Don Weis

Director

Russell Llewellyn
Russell Llewellyn

Assistant Director

Stanley Jones
Stanley Jones

Sound

Arthur Morton
Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Frank P. Rosenberg
Frank P. Rosenberg

Producer

Edith Head
Edith Head

Costume Design

William L. Kuehl
William L. Kuehl

Set Decoration

George Duning
George Duning

Original Music Composer

Charles Lang
Charles Lang

Director of Photography

Edward Carrere
Edward Carrere

Art Direction

William H. Ziegler
William H. Ziegler

Editor

Max Factor
Max Factor

Makeup Artist

Gordon Bau
Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Irma Kusely
Irma Kusely

Hairstylist

Jean Burt Reilly
Jean Burt Reilly

Hairstylist



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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

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Revenue

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