Please Don't Eat the Daisies

"The Uproarious Movie From The Big Best-Seller!"

1960 1h 52m EN

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6.2

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57%

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6.4

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 86🥫57%Rotten Tomatoes★6.4IMDB · 5,069

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Synopsis

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Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.

“The Uproarious Movie From The Big Best-Seller!”

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Cast

Doris Day
Kate Mackay
David Niven
Larry Mackay
Janis Paige
Deborah Vaughn
Spring Byington
Suzie Robinson
Richard Haydn
Alfred North
Patsy Kelly
Maggie
Jack Weston
Joe Positano
John Harding
Norman McQuarry

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Charles Walters
Writers: Isobel Lennart
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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66 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Charles Walters, shot by Robert J. Bronner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John McSweeney Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Doris Day and David Niven and Janis Paige carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Uproarious Movie From The Big Best-Seller!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0054188 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 86 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Charles Walters directs. Robert J. Bronner behind the camera. John McSweeney Jr. cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
266 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Charles Walters, shot by Robert J. Bronner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor John McSweeney Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Doris Day and David Niven and Janis Paige carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The Uproarious Movie From The Big Best-Seller!".
7IMDB entry: tt0054188 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 86 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.