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A Ticklish Affair
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Synopsis
This light romantic comedy finds a young widow with three young boys investigated by the Navy. Amy Martin (Shirley Jones) has a curious child who inadvertently sends out a distress signal in Morse code by the blinds on his upstairs bedroom window. Commander Weedon (Gig Young) and crew observe the signal from their ship and investigate. The commander falls for the young mother and proposes marriage. Amy is reluctant to have her family live out of a suitcase and initially declines. Gramps (Edgar Buchanan) tries to bring her on board to sail the sea of love with the commander, but it's the youngest son Alex (Billy Mumy) who flies high an hits the mark as Cupid. Alex sets sail with some helium balloons and floats out over the ocean. The commander must save the boy and return him to his mother, creating another opportunity for his mother to be captured by the romantic suitor. Red Buttons and Carolyn Jones also find romance in this feature directed by George Sidney. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Cast

Eddie Applegate Yeoman Corker Bell
Edgar Buchanan Gramps Martin
Red Buttons Flight Officer Simon Shelley
Robert Foulk Policeman
Milton Frome Fireman
Carolyn Jones Tandy Martin
Shirley Jones Amy Martin
Bill Mumy Alex Martin
Edward Platt Capt. Haven Hitchcock
Peter Robbins Grover Martin
Bryan Russell Luke Martin
Gig Young Cmdr. Key Weedon

Production Crew

Edward C. Carfagno Art Director
George W. Davis Art Director
Milton Krasner Cinematographer
George Stoll Composer (Music Score)
George Sidney Director
John MacSweeney Editor
John McSweeney, Jr. Editor
Joe Pasternak Producer
Ruth Brooks Flippen Screenwriter
Henry W. Grace Set Designer
Keogh Gleason Set Designer
Barbara Luther Short Story Author
Barbara Luther Short Story Author
George Stoll Songwriter
Harold Adamson Songwriter
J. McMillan Johnson Special Effects
Year: 1963
Runtime: 89
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy
Romance

Color type
Metrocolor

Produced by
MGM

Release
by MGM

Awards
1963 - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy - Golden Globe