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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Cary Grant is known to romance the leading ladies in most of his movies with few exceptions, and this is one of them. This may be appropriate since he was 62 when this movie was made. The twist in the movie is that he sees a younger version of himself in a young American Olympian named Steve Davis (Jim Hutton) whom he meets during the 1964 Olympic Games.
Cary Grant plays William Rutland a charming businessman; during one of his business trips to Tokyo, he persuades a young woman named Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar) to sublet her apartment, when he could not find a place to stay in the city. The two become unwilling roomies because of the gender difference. While the Christine is not too thrilled with the arrangement she tries to adjust with the new situation, but it gets a little more complicated when Rutland sublets his apartment to Steve Davis. Rutland plays cupid on two young roommates in spite of their incompatible personalities, and Christine's engagement to a boring diplomat named Julius Haversack (John Standing). Rutland meddles in the young couple's romantic problems, and goes an extra distance to pretend as a competitor of 20 kilometer walk to talk to Jim during his event, and tries to heal the differences between the young lovers. The best moments of the film are Rutland's walk in his boxer shorts and a T-shirt avoiding the police and the game regulators; and sharing the cramp apartment with the two young people. Rutland makes references to his two earlier movies; Charade and An Affair to Remember by singing the theme songs.
Cary Grant plays William Rutland a charming businessman; during one of his business trips to Tokyo, he persuades a young woman named Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar) to sublet her apartment, when he could not find a place to stay in the city. The two become unwilling roomies because of the gender difference. While the Christine is not too thrilled with the arrangement she tries to adjust with the new situation, but it gets a little more complicated when Rutland sublets his apartment to Steve Davis. Rutland plays cupid on two young roommates in spite of their incompatible personalities, and Christine's engagement to a boring diplomat named Julius Haversack (John Standing). Rutland meddles in the young couple's romantic problems, and goes an extra distance to pretend as a competitor of 20 kilometer walk to talk to Jim during his event, and tries to heal the differences between the young lovers. The best moments of the film are Rutland's walk in his boxer shorts and a T-shirt avoiding the police and the game regulators; and sharing the cramp apartment with the two young people. Rutland makes references to his two earlier movies; Charade and An Affair to Remember by singing the theme songs.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Sir William Rutland (Cary Grant) British industrialist is in town two days early. This is during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and there is no where to stay. He finds an apartment to sublet from Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar) who posted it not even dreaming that a male would answer her ad. Later Steve Davis (Jim Hutton) an Olympic competitor is also early and sublets from Sir Rutland's sublet. On top of this Christine's fiancée works at the British embassy and must maintain a proper background. Now you see the makings of a good comedy.
I learned to make coffee from this movie (a unique proportion of grounds to water) and there are many parallel mysteries as just what sport does Steve Davis compete in?
Being Grants last movie surly did not slow him down and he has those Grant expressions down pat
I learned to make coffee from this movie (a unique proportion of grounds to water) and there are many parallel mysteries as just what sport does Steve Davis compete in?
Being Grants last movie surly did not slow him down and he has those Grant expressions down pat
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This was Cary Grant's last film and is a fitting role for him, charming, good-humoured with a nice dose of physical comedy thrown in. He does what all the screen greats do: leaves you thinking that he was the only man who could possibly have played this role. Although, in this case, he probably was.
Walk Don't Run is one of those films that seemed to be churned out in the 1960s, a nice tight plot, a fine group of characters and some good laughs along the way all brought together with a good cast.
Grant plays businessman Sir William Rutland who turns up earlier than planned in Tokyo which is hosting the Olympic Games and, of course, there isn't a hotel room to be had. He ends up charming his way into the flat of a single girl until he can get into his hotel room. That however, isn't the signal for the usual plot, as Grant ends up playing cupid in a brilliantly unsentimental manner for the girl and an Olympic athlete he picks up along the way.
There are some very funny moments, not least when Grant ends up in an Olympic event, and all this is done with the debonair style that he displayed in Charade and as far back as Monkey Business.
Mention Cary Grant and this film would probably never enter most people's minds (probably because they will never have heard if it) and that's a real shame. Walk Don't Run is a fitting testament to a fine British actor who charmed the world. I would be amazed if anyone could find anything to dislike about this little gem of a film.
Walk Don't Run is one of those films that seemed to be churned out in the 1960s, a nice tight plot, a fine group of characters and some good laughs along the way all brought together with a good cast.
Grant plays businessman Sir William Rutland who turns up earlier than planned in Tokyo which is hosting the Olympic Games and, of course, there isn't a hotel room to be had. He ends up charming his way into the flat of a single girl until he can get into his hotel room. That however, isn't the signal for the usual plot, as Grant ends up playing cupid in a brilliantly unsentimental manner for the girl and an Olympic athlete he picks up along the way.
There are some very funny moments, not least when Grant ends up in an Olympic event, and all this is done with the debonair style that he displayed in Charade and as far back as Monkey Business.
Mention Cary Grant and this film would probably never enter most people's minds (probably because they will never have heard if it) and that's a real shame. Walk Don't Run is a fitting testament to a fine British actor who charmed the world. I would be amazed if anyone could find anything to dislike about this little gem of a film.
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