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The Mating Game is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Marshall released in USA on 29 april 1959 with Debbie Reynolds
The Mating Game (1959)
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Add to a movie listThe Mating Game (1959) is an MGM Metrocolor film in CinemaScope directed by George Marshall and starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, and Paul Douglas in his final screen appearance. Reynolds sings the title song during the opening credits. The film was written by William Roberts very loosely based on a British novel, The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates, which was later adapted into a more faithful 1991–93 British miniseries, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones in the role that Debbie Reynolds plays in the film.
The film has been featured on Turner Classic Movies, and was released on DVD by The Warner Archive in March 2009.
Synopsis
Irritated neighbor Wendell Burnshaw (Philip Ober) brings the Larkin family to the attention of the Internal Revenue Service. Lorenzo Charlton (Tony Randall) is assigned to the case by his boss, Kelsey (Fred Clark). Ma (Una Merkel) and Pop Larkin (Paul Douglas) warmly welcome him to their family farm in Maryland, at first unaware of why he is there.Actors
Debbie Reynolds
(Mariette Larkin)
Tony Randall
(Lorenzo Charlton)
Paul Douglas
(Pop Larkin)
Una Merkel
(Ma Larkin)
Fred Clark
(Oliver Kelsey)
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