Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Dean Martin, as a TV doctor along the lines of the then-popular "Ben Casey", is besieged by the unhappy wives of his poker pals; they all want the doctor's advice for curing the marital blahs, which causes Dino to reexamine his relationship with steady girlfriend Elizabeth Montgomery. Plastic bedroom farce which showcases some curvy, classy ladies but doesn't give Martin anything to do but react. He's on auto-pilot anyway, only lively when trying to skirt around dance-crazy Jill St. John. The supporting players upstage the leads, with Carol Burnett a stitch as Montgomery's wiseacre gal-pal, Martin Balsam lively as a head-shrinker, and droll Johnny Silver playing Martin's seen-it-all houseboy (who makes frequent trips to the liquor store). Not much happens here to justify the 103-minute running time, although director Daniel Mann does manage some funny bits of satire and frantic comedy, including Burnett's striptease in a Tijuana bar. ** from ****

Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed was made at a time when two wise young television doctors ruled the television ratings. Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare and Vincent Edwards as Ben Casey were at their television heights when Dean Martin's satire of their characters hit the big screen.

Had this been done at Universal, this would have been a perfect Rock Hudson vehicle, in fact Hudson probably was the actor best suited for the lead. He had played the earnest and sincere Dr. Bob Merrick in Magnificent Obsession and he probably would have loved to have spoofed that image. But Dino isn't too bad in the part.

Dino's show Dr. Adam is ruling the ratings and he both dispenses medicine and advice, the latter without prescription. He looks so good doing it that the wives of his poker playing buddies, Yoko Tani, Jill St. John, and Macha Meril are falling for that image. And they all try to get at Dino.

All this is really putting a crimp into his marriage plans with Elizabeth Montgomery who was about to debut herself on television in Bewitched. But she's got a girl friend in Carol Burnett who's going to fix everything.

Carol Burnett made her film debut in Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed and imagine Lucy Ricardo as a supporting part and you've got what Carol's doing here. It's like Lucy trying to bring Fred and Ethel together after they've hit a rough patch. She really does steal the film, her best scenes are when she has to strip for her supper in a Tiajuana dive and later when she's showing up in all kinds of places trying to explain to Dino all the schemes she's been pulling.

Dino's poker playing buddies include Martin Balsam, Elliott Reid, Richard Conte, Jack Soo, and Louis Nye. However Johnny Silver as his houseman really gets some very droll lines from the script.

The comedy is a bit dated, it debuted in December of 1963 and was made during the optimistic New Frontier Days. No doubt some of the humor was not well received by a mourning country at that time. Still it does showcase a cast of fine players, especially Carol Burnett.

A great movie that was billed in it's day as a sex comedy but actually spoofs matinee idols, psychiatry and the movie business in general. Carol Burnett's first movie. She does a hilarious strip tease at the end. Elizabeth Montgomery also does a sexy dance and she has never looked more gorgeous. This movie has all the charm and fun that so many movies lack today. Look for Psycho's Martin Balsam in a very funny scene where he hypnotizes Dean's character. Jill St. John is also sexy as ever. This movie is basically about Dean's fear of marriage and giving up his glamorous life as a TV star. Liz is his fiance who is worried he's not going to marry her and is coerced by Carol Burnett in a zany scheme of jealousy. If you like old fashioned sex comedies without nudity or foul language, than you will like this movie.

Jason Steel (Dean Martin) has every reason to be happy. He is a very successful actor starring in his own TV series and he has a lovely fiancee (Elizabeth Montgomery) who adores him. But he suddenly finds himself beseiged by the wives of his poker buddies. Each is upset because their husbands inexplicably ignore them (even though most are knock-out gorgeous) and they ask Jason for help...or seem interested in having an affair with him. After a while, it's so bad, Jason is about ready to lose his mind.

The film starts off just fine. However, about midway through it the film loses its way and the plot seems to just grind to a halt. And, as a result, the movie becomes very dull and seemingly pointless. In other words, the writers had no idea WHAT to do next....and this is why I don't recommend this picture.

This film begins with an actor by the name of "Jason Steel" (Dean Martin) performing as a surgeon on a top-rated television show. To that effect, not only is he extremely popular--but the fact that he is also a bachelor--appeals to his female audience who throw themselves at him whenever they see him in person. For his part, although he is single, he is very much in love with a beautiful woman named "Melissa Morris" (Elizabeth Montgomery) and they are soon to be married. Be that as it may, every Wednesday night he attends a card game with some of his male colleagues who all just happen to be married and often discuss their marital woes while playing. Because of that, Jason soon begins to have doubts about getting married. But what really disturbs him one night, is getting a phone call during the card game from one of his colleague's wives named "Jacqueline Edwards" (Macha Meril) who says that her marriage is in danger and that she needs to see him right away. So, being the thoughtful person that he is, after meeting her in his apartment, he learns that his good friend "Tom Edwards" (Elliott Reid) has been neglecting his wife and that she has turned to Jason because she mistakenly believes him to be the wise surgeon she has seen on television. To his credit, although he manages to persuade her to go back to her husband, the next week he gets another phone call from another one of his colleague's wives with the same problem. And then the next week after that another one calls. Eventually, all of this greatly impacts--not just his wedding plans--but his mental health as well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that due to the casting of several attractive female actresses like Jill St. John (as "Toby Tobler"), Yoko Tani ("Isami Hiroti") and the aforementioned Elizabeth Montgomery and Macha Meril, I fully expected that most of the attention would be focused on them. Interestingly enough, this was not the case, as Dean Martin pretty much carried the show with an extremely good performance from start-to-finish. As a matter of fact, I thought it was one of his best performances with the scene involving him and the psychiatrist "Dr. Sanford Kaufman" (Martin Balsam) being the most amusing, in my opinion. Regardless, I really enjoyed this comedy and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.