Who's Got the Action?
5.5
1962
1 hr 33 min
Comedy
A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
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- Cast：
- Dean Martin , Lana Turner , Eddie Albert , Walter Matthau , Nita Talbot , Margo , Paul Ford
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Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
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The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
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It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
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