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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

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Release Date: Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Country of Release: USA
MSRP: $29.95

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20th Century Fox

Directed by: Frank Tashlin

Featuring: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones

Writer-director Frank Tashlin's satire on advertising, Hollywood, pop culture, and just about everything else he can think of, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) stars Tony Randall as the echt ad man, loving and hating his profession in equal measure. His biggest challenge comes when, soliciting an endorsement from Stay-Put Lipstick, he lands a big star--Jayne Mansfield's hilarious Rita Marlowe--in more ways than one. Fantastically subversive, this candy-colored bitter pill was allegedly a powerful influence on none other than Jean-Luc Godard.

Year: 1957
Time: 93 min.