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  • Critic's Choice (1963)
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    100 min | Comedy
Critic's Choice (1963)
Approved
100 min | Comedy

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.
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Director
Writers
Ira Levin (from the stage play by) | Jack Sher (screenplay by)
Producer
Frank P. Rosenberg (produced by)
Composer
Cinematographer
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Status
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Updated Feb 24, 1963

Release date
Apr 13, 1963 (United States)

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Cast

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135 cast members
Name Known for
Bob Hope
Parker Ballantine Parker Ballantine   See fewer
Lucille Ball
Angela Ballantine Angela Ballantine   See fewer
Marilyn Maxwell
Ivy London Ivy London   See fewer
Rip Torn
Dion Kapakos Dion Kapakos   See fewer
Jessie Royce Landis
Charlotte Orr aka Charlie Charlotte Orr aka Charlie   See fewer
John Dehner
S.P. Champlain S.P. Champlain   See fewer
Jim Backus
Dr. William Von Hagedorn Dr. William Von Hagedorn   See fewer
Rickey Kelman
John Ballantine (as Ricky Kelman) John Ballantine (as Ricky Kelman)   See fewer
Dorothy Green
Mrs. Margaret Champlain Mrs. Margaret Champlain   See fewer
Marie Windsor
Sally Orr Sally Orr   See fewer
Joseph Gallison
Philip 'Phil' Yardley (as Evan McCord) Philip 'Phil' Yardley (as Evan McCord)   See fewer
Joan Shawlee
Marge Orr Marge Orr   See fewer
Richard Deacon
Harvey Rittenhouse Harvey Rittenhouse   See fewer
Jerome Cowan
Joe Rosenfield Joe Rosenfield   See fewer
Donald Losby
Geoffrey Von Hagedorn Geoffrey Von Hagedorn   See fewer
Lurene Tuttle
Mother in 'Sisters Three' Mother in 'Sisters Three'   See fewer
Stanley Adams
Bartender Bartender   See fewer
John Alban
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Leon Alton
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Pamela Austin
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Walter Bacon
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Bill Baldwin
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Brandon Beach
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Kathy Bennett
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Mary Benoit
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Willie Bloom
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Nesdon Booth
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Paul Bradley
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Tex Brodus
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Joe Brooks
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Ivan Browning
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Theona Bryant
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Robert Buckingham
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Judy Cannon
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Gordon Carveth
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Louis Cavalier
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Dick Cherney
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Beulah Christian
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Charles Cirillo
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Michael Cirillo
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Stephen Coit
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Bud Cokes
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Paul Cristo
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Oliver Cross
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Lillian Culver
Fat Woman (uncredited) Fat Woman (uncredited)   See fewer
Russell Custer
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Roy Damron
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Richard Davies
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Harry Denny
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George DeNormand
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Mimi Dillard
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Richard Durham
Robert DeMartin (uncredited) Robert DeMartin (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Ferrandini
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Fred Fisher
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James Flavin
Security Guard (uncredited) Security Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Sam Flint
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Bess Flowers
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Charles Fogel
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George Ford
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Ray Foster
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Jimmie Lee Gaines
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Rudy Germane
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Kenneth Gibson
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Joseph Glick
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Sid Gould
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Judd Holdren
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George Holmes
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Stuart Holmes
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Shep Houghton
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Breena Howard
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Eugene Jackson
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Thomas E. Jackson
Joe, the Stage Doorman (uncredited) Joe, the Stage Doorman (uncredited)   See fewer
Michael Jeffers
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Marilee Jones
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Matty Jordan
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Elaine Joyce
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Stacy King
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Joseph La Cava
Bellhop (uncredited) Bellhop (uncredited)   See fewer
Mike Lally
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Richard LaMarr
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Frank London
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John Marlowe
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Lea Marmer
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Tom Mattox
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William Meader
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Harold Miller
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Joy Monroe
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Ray Montgomery
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Lyle Moraine
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Jack Mower
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Sol Murgi
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George Nardelli
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William H. O'Brien
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Monty O'Grady
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Patricia Olson
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Alan Paige
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Jack Pepper
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Murray Pollack
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Paul Power
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Beverly Powers
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Linda Rand
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Allan Ray
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Tony Regan
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Victor Romito
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Clark Ross
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Anita Samuels
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Cosmo Sardo
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Jeffrey Sayre
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Scott Seaton
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Bernard Sell
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Barry Seltzer
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Eddie Shaw
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Charles Sherlock
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Hal Smith
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Michael St. Angel
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Norman Stevans
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Art Stewart
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Ron Stokes
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Tim Taylor
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Elizabeth Thompson
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