TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.
Acting
Glenn Ford's escalating nervous breakdown
Writing
Clockwork farce plotting, Broadway tight
Practical Effects
That gazebo set piece is everything
Director
George Marshall
Glenn Ford
Elliott Nash
Debbie Reynolds
Nell Nash
Carl Reiner
Harlow Edison
John McGiver
Sam Thorpe
Mabel Albertson
Mrs. Chandler
Doro Merande
Matilda
Bert Freed
Joe Jenkins
Martin Landau
The Duke
Robert Ellenstein
Ben
Dick Wessel
Louis
Helen Kleeb
Miss Spence (uncredited)
Jon Lormer
Dr. Weiner (uncredited)
Stanley Adams
Dan Shelby (voice) (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Debbie Reynolds was pregnant during filming; they hid it with strategic prop placement and looser costumes.
This was among the last pure screwball comedies before the style faded—Broadway hits couldn't save it from changing tastes.
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