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The Pleasure of His Company is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Seaton released in USA on 1 june 1961 with Fred Astaire
The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 june 1961
Length 1h55
Directed by George Seaton
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Rating66%
The Pleasure of His Company (1961) is a comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Debbie Reynolds, directed by George Seaton and released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1958 play of the same name by Samuel A. Taylor and Cornelia Otis Skinner.
Astaire won a Golden Globe award for his performance.
Synopsis
San Francisco debutante Jessica Poole hasn't seen her father "Pogo" Poole since the divorce between him and her mother Katharine, many years before. Pogo went off to travel the world and enjoy himself, while Katharine remarried to stodgy banker Jim Dougherty.Actors
Fred Astaire
(Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole)
Debbie Reynolds
(Jessica Poole)
Lilli Palmer
(Katharine Dougherty)
Tab Hunter
(Roger Henderson)
Gary Merrill
(James Dougherty)
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