The Perfect Furlough
1958 film by Blake Edwards
- November 30, 1958 (1958-11-30) (United States)
- January 21, 1959 (1959-01-21) (New York City)
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The Perfect Furlough is a 1958 American CinemaScope Eastmancolor romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and written by Stanley Shapiro. Edwards and Shapiro would re-team the following year for another Tony Curtis service comedy, Operation Petticoat.
Plot
The army has a problem with over 100 male soldiers stationed at an isolated Arctic base for nearly a year are having psychological problems due to their isolation. As a result, they have lost a sense of military discipline, are careless and lackadaisical in their duties and their morale is at rock bottom. As it is impossible to give all the soldiers a furlough, their commanding general in the US holds a meeting to discuss the best solution. Army psychiatrist Lieutenant Vicky Loren suggests that the soldiers on the isolated base decide amongst themselves what would be "the perfect furlough" with a lottery being held where one lucky soldier would go on the furlough with the rest of the soldiers living vicariously through him. They decide on a trip to Paris with sex symbol movie star Sandra Roca.
The scheming Corporal Paul Hodges wins the lottery and gets to Paris, France, on a three weeks' leave. The army is worried that Hodges' reputation as a ladies' man will embarrass the army if he has his way with the film star. Lt. Loren and two military policemen keep Hodges under constant supervision, but Hodges schemes to score with Sandra.
Cast
- Tony Curtis as Cpl. Paul Hodges
- Janet Leigh as Lt. Vicki Loren
- Keenan Wynn as Harvey Franklin
- Linda Cristal as Sandra Roca, the Argentine Bombshell
- Elaine Stritch as Liz Baker
- Marcel Dalio as Henri Valentin
- Les Tremayne as Col. Leland
- Jay Novello as Rene Valentin
- King Donovan as Maj. Collins
- Gordon Jones as "Sylvia", MP #1
- Alvy Moore as Pvt. Marvin Brewer
- Lilyan Chauvin as French nurse
- Troy Donahue as Sgt. Nickles
- Dick Crockett as Hans, MP #2
- Eugene Borden as French doctor
- James Lanphier as assistant hotel manager
See also
References
- ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
External links
- The Perfect Furlough at IMDb
- The Perfect Furlough at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Perfect Furlough at AllMovie
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Films directed by Blake Edwards
- Bring Your Smile Along (1955)
- He Laughed Last (1956)
- Mister Cory (1957)
- The Perfect Furlough (1958)
- This Happy Feeling (1959)
- Operation Petticoat (1959)
- High Time (1960)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- Experiment in Terror (1962)
- Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- The Pink Panther (1963)
- A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- The Great Race (1965)
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
- Gunn (1967)
- The Party (1968)
- Darling Lili (1970)
- Wild Rovers (1971)
- The Carey Treatment (1972)
- The Tamarind Seed (1974)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- 10 (1979)
- S.O.B. (1981)
- Victor/Victoria (1982)
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
- The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
- Micki & Maude (1984)
- A Fine Mess (1986)
- That's Life! (1986)
- Blind Date (1987)
- Sunset (1988)
- Justin Case (1988)
- Skin Deep (1989)
- Peter Gunn (1989)
- Switch (1991)
- Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
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