Pillow Talk

"Well, what am I missing?"

"If you have to ask, you're missing it!"

Interior Decorator Jan Morrow (Day) shares a party line with songwriter and playboy Brad Allen (Hudson).  She needs the line for her work, but he has it tied up singing to different girlfriends.  They have never met, but can't stand each other.

Brad's best friend and patron, Jonathan Forbes (Randall) is trying to romance Jan.  And Jan's maid, Alma (Ritter), loves listening to Brad's phone calls.  When Brad meets Jan at a restaurant, he is smitten and poses as Texan Rex Stetson to win her affections.  Jonathan hires a private investigator to get information about Rex, while berating Brad for his lack of progress.


My cousins and I have a deep love and appreciation for older movies.  We especially love John Wayne, Cary Grant, and Doris Day.  A few years ago, one of my cousins purchased the Doris Day / Rock Hudson movie collection, and we all fell in love with it.  Pillow Talk is the first film in the group and probably the best known of the Day / Hudson collaborations (Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, and Send Me No Flowers), which also featured Tony Randall.

As usual, Day is great and she has great chemistry with Hudson.  Parts of the story are outdated... the "party line" and some of the gender issues.  But it is still an entertaining film.  The cast is awesome and works well together.  There is no weak spot and it is just a fun film.

Pillow Talk (1959) 102 minutes
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Rock Hudson as Brad Allen
Doris Day as Jan Morrow
Tony Randall as Jonathan Forbes
Thelma Ritter as Alma
Allen Jenkins as Harry
Marcel Dalio as Pierot