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funny, intelligent "black comedy" has Dino as a totally frustrated soap opera star > he plays a Doctor who , like Ben Casey at the time, had millions of fans trying to contact, should I say "connect", with him, because his portrayal of the learned, caring specialist is so convincing. his big problem is that the wives of his buddies also clamor for him, at the most inopportune times.

all the actors do just fine, esp., as I wrote above, Carol Burnett. she burns thru each scene and lifts the fairly hum drum plot line.

movie runs a tad long and gets a bit frantic at the end, but this is total entertainment.

interesting to note that just after this "sleeper" (sorry) all the leads got a TV show of their OWN!

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.

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.

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.

I'm not sure how much starpower a film has to have before being considered for release on DVD or video but you'd be hard pressed to find another (with the exception of maybe the also tragically unreleased "What A Way To Go") that carries more megawattage than "Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?". Dean, Elizabeth, Carol should have been enough to lift this film out of obscurity. But add in all of the wonderful character actors and the delectable Jill St. John (at the peak of her charms!) and you've got enough to make your own 60's rat-pack- style TV special! Granted the script is a bit dated (standard 60's sex comedy) but isn't that why we love these films? Elizabeth Montgomery shines with pre-Bewitched impossible youth and beauty. Carol Burnett is incredibly zany (possibly not yet learned to control her comedic powers). My only guess is that it is copyright issues that have kept this little gem from the video market. Dino alone must have an incredible fan base to keep the constant flow of his re-released material pumping out the way it seems to do. So I don't think it's an issue of this not being a profitable venture. Keep you eyes peeled on the TV schedule and set the VCR or Tivo and capture this laugher!