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Les astuces de la veuve

Original title: A Ticklish Affair
  • 1963
  • Approved
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
671
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Red Buttons, Carolyn Jones, Shirley Jones, and Gig Young in Les astuces de la veuve (1963)
Romantic ComedyComedyRomance

When the kids of a young widow inadvertently send an SOS while playing with their uncle Cy's Navy Signal Lamp, the Navy sends their top man to investigate and he falls for their mother.When the kids of a young widow inadvertently send an SOS while playing with their uncle Cy's Navy Signal Lamp, the Navy sends their top man to investigate and he falls for their mother.When the kids of a young widow inadvertently send an SOS while playing with their uncle Cy's Navy Signal Lamp, the Navy sends their top man to investigate and he falls for their mother.

  • Director
    • George Sidney
  • Writers
    • Ruth Brooks Flippen
    • Barbara Luther
  • Stars
    • Shirley Jones
    • Gig Young
    • Red Buttons
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    671
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George Sidney
    • Writers
      • Ruth Brooks Flippen
      • Barbara Luther
    • Stars
      • Shirley Jones
      • Gig Young
      • Red Buttons
    • 14User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Shirley Jones
    Shirley Jones
    • Amy Martin
    Gig Young
    Gig Young
    • Key Weedon
    Red Buttons
    Red Buttons
    • Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley
    Carolyn Jones
    Carolyn Jones
    • Tandy Martin
    Edgar Buchanan
    Edgar Buchanan
    • Captain Martin…
    Eddie Applegate
    Eddie Applegate
    • Yeoman Corker Bell
    Edward Platt
    Edward Platt
    • Captain Haven Hitchcock
    Bill Mumy
    Bill Mumy
    • Alex Martin
    • (as Billy Mumy)
    Bryan Russell
    Bryan Russell
    • Luke Martin
    Robert Foulk
    Robert Foulk
    • Policeman
    Milton Frome
    Milton Frome
    • Fireman
    Peter Robbins
    Peter Robbins
    • Grover Martin
    Brian Avery
    Brian Avery
    • Signalman
    • (uncredited)
    Tol Avery
    Tol Avery
    • Charlie
    • (uncredited)
    Danny Borzage
    • Observer at Car
    • (uncredited)
    John Brennan
    • Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Buddy Bryan
    Buddy Bryan
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Carole Bryan
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • George Sidney
    • Writers
      • Ruth Brooks Flippen
      • Barbara Luther
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    10Liza-19

    One of Gig Young's best! Shirley is sparkling, as always!

    I LOVE this one. It is not very widely known, but if you get a chance to see it, do! Shirley Jones is wonderful as a widowed mother of three young boys. Then she meets prince charming Gig Young and falls for him right away. Although he says he doesn't want to have a "ready-made family" the two continue dating anyway, and of course he falls for the whole family. But when Gig is transferred overseas and wants to marry Shirley and take the kids, she puts her foot down. She doesn't want to be constantly moving around the world like she was with her father then her first husband. But is mother's word final? Don't forget there are three boys who want a dad and an Uncle Cy, (Red Buttons) who are going to try every which way to get the two together! A real gem of a movie, worth seeing if you've ever liked family films, comedies, dramas, or romance.
    6planktonrules

    Really, really good...until the kooky finale.

    "A Ticklish Affair" begins with Navy Commander Key Weedon (Gig Young) arriving at the Martin household. It seems the youngest, Grover, was sending Morse code distress signals from their house in San Diego! And, the US Navy noticed it and went on alert! This was the kooky meet cute in the film....and soon Amy Martin (Shirley Jones) and the Commander begin dating and fall in love. But there's a major hitch here. The widow lost a husband in the Navy AND if she marries the Commander, she'll have to move with her three small boys to Italy! This is too much for her...and you certainly can understand her rejecting the Commander's offer. And, it's a shame as the boys really love the guy and want their mother to marry him.

    This first 3/4 of the film was great...and the dilemma was real and you could understand Amy. But what follows was just stupid....and it really made a great romance an okay one in the end. It seems that Grover 'accidentally' flies away on a cluster of giant balloons and soon the fire department, police AND Navy are all scrambling to save this dopey 6 year-old. Talk about contrived!!! It really, really was a bad decision...as before this ridiculous portion, the film was amazingly good....and Jones was simply radiant.
    8jjnxn-1

    Nice family fare

    What can only be described as a sweet film, this family comedy is bright and sunny even when the situation takes a turn for the perilous.

    Full of sprightly performances this is the kind of film that rarely gets made anymore and when it does is drowned in sugary sentiment.

    The Jones girls, Shirley and Carolyn are both most engaging, play well off each other and look great. In Carolyn's case this might be the most attractive she ever was on screen.

    As the men in their lives Gig Young get a rare chance to be the romantic lead who doesn't lose the girl in the end performing with his customary charming agility. Red Buttons provides comic relief but his character is more than that and he does it well, he and Carolyn are a surprisingly compatible couple.

    A film that will leave you charmed at the conclusion this should really be more widely known.
    4moonspinner55

    It is (literally) the same old story everywhere!

    Perky, pretty San Diego widow with shapely legs attracts the attention of a bachelor Commander with the US Navy. The fact she has three rowdy young boys doesn't seem to bother him; rather, he's anxious to become a father to this happy brood, while the kids work overtime trying to fix Mom up with the uniformed catch. Breezy comedy with familiar ingredients seems to take place in La-La Land--a plastic paradise--wherein an unmarried man cannot come to the aid of an unmarried woman without coy romance hanging in the air. Shirley Jones (perhaps substituting for Doris Day or Debbie Reynolds) is convincing as a young mother, but she seems a bit tense with Gig Young, who looks nonplussed throughout. Better are the alternate couple, a frisky Red Buttons and Carolyn Jones. The prolonged finale--with Shirley's youngest taking off over the city by way of some helium-filled balloons--is probably the most memorable aspect of the picture, not the characters nor the love story. ** from ****
    8iloveperth

    A fun affair

    This is one of those early 1960's movies where you have to suspend disbelief for ninety minutes, but it's well worth it. Shirley Jones is the widowed mother of three rowdy little boys and Gig Young is the naval commander that she falls in love with and vice versa. Red Buttons and Carolyn Jones are very good in their supporting roles. The ending is appropriately wacky (weather balloons!), fun and heartwarming with a little drama thrown in for good measure. 'A Ticklish Affair' is not a movie that a jaded cynic will enjoy, but if you like 60's romantic family comedies then I highly recommend this one. I happened to catch this one on Turner Classic Movies by accident and I'm so happy I taped it. I was smiling like crazy by the end. Great movie.

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    • Trivia
      Reportedly Shirley Jones and Carolyn Jones, who according to standard movie set etiquette would both have been addressed as "Miss Jones," were instead addressed on-set as respectively "Mrs. Cassidy" and "Mrs. Spelling," referencing Shirley Jones' marriage to Jack Cassidy and Carolyn Jones' marriage to Aaron Spelling.
    • Goofs
      When Commander Weldon exits the rescue helicopter, he removes his yellow safety vest; then, after the scene cut, he removes it again.
    • Quotes

      Captain Hitchcock: It looks like a very nice family.

    • Soundtracks
      Love Is a Ticklish Affair
      Sung by Jack Jones

      Lyrics by Harold Adamson

      Music by George Stoll, Robert Van Eps

      Arranged by Marty Paich

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    • Release date
      • August 18, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Ticklish Affair
    • Filming locations
      • San Diego, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Euterpe
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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