Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.
Acting
Holliday's squeaky-voiced genius meets Lemmon's nervous energy.
Writing
Screwball banter that actually lands the jokes.
Director
Mark Robson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kim Novak's second film role; the studio was already positioning her as the next big blonde bombshell to compete with Monroe.
The 'comedy of remarriage' peaked in the 1930s-40s, so this 1954 entry arrived late to the party — hence the slightly desperate title spelling out the joke.
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