Movie Information
Overall Rank: 4155
Average Rating: 2.7/4
# of Ratings: 39
Theatrical Release Date: 11/05/1953
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Negulesco
Actors: Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Rory Calhoun, William Powell, David Wayne
Plot: Three New York models are tired of cheap men and lack of money, come up with a plan to land a millionaire. But it proves tougher to tell the rich men from the frauds - and tougher still to find love. -- Chris Kavan
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2.5/4
Freddie - wrote on 02/26/2010
Sometimes old films are hard to watch because they just drag at the beginning. However, it started to get more interesting as it started to move along. This wasn't great. I don't know many of the actors, but I know that I've seen Marilyn Monroe in better movies and she was less dumb.
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2/4
Allison - wrote on 09/18/2007
It was great at the beginning, but loses steam at the end.
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Yojimbo - wrote on 05/11/2012
This extremely likeable piece of romantic fluff oozes 50s glamour as Monroe, Gable and Bacall hatch a plan to bag themselves rich husbands. The sexual politics can be described as "quaint" at best; the whole concept of gangs of fashion models roaming the land, marriage being their only purpose in life seems extremely sily in this day and age. This is the kind of film that's best enjoyed for what it is rather than trying to analyse it too closely, the witty banter between glamorous starlets, charming characters and romance being more the point as these initially cynical hustlers learn that there is more to life than money. Each of the characters have obviously been carefully created to appeal to different parts of the male demographic; Bacall's sassy and charismatic ice queen, Monroe's …
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