Critic's Choice

Don Weis
1963-02-24

Everybody's 'choice' for a great big wonderful time!
5.5
100 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Bob Hope Parker Ballantine Unowned
Lucille Ball Angela Ballantine Unowned
Marilyn Maxwell Ivy London Unowned
Rip Torn Dion Kapakos Unowned
Jessie Royce Landis Charlotte Orr aka Charlie Unowned
John Dehner S.P. Champlain Unowned
Jim Backus Dr. William Von Hagedorn Unowned
Ricky Kelman John Ballantine Unowned
Dorothy Green Mrs. Margaret Champlain Unowned
Marie Windsor Sally Orr Unowned
Joseph Gallison Philip "Phil" Yardley Unowned
Joan Shawlee Marge Orr Unowned
Richard Deacon Harvey Rittenhouse Unowned
Jerome Cowan Joe Rosenfield Unowned
Donald Losby Geoffrey Von Hagedorn Unowned
Lurene Tuttle Mother in "Sisters Three" Unowned
Ernestine Wade Thelma Unowned
Stanley Adams Bartender Unowned
John Alban Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Leon Alton Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Pamela Austin Daughter (uncredited) Unowned
Walter Bacon Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Bill Baldwin Man on the Radio (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Brandon Beach Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Kathy Bennett Daughter (uncredited) Unowned
Mary Benoit Woman (uncredited) Unowned
Willie Bloom Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Nesdon Booth Man (uncredited) Unowned
Paul Bradley Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Tex Brodus Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Joe Brooks Catcher (uncredited) Unowned
Ivan Browning Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Theona Bryant Beauty Operator (uncredited) Unowned
Robert Buckingham Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Judy Cannon Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Ahna Capri Daughter (uncredited) Unowned
Gordon Carveth Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Louis Cavalier Little League Rooter (uncredited) Unowned
Dick Cherney Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Beulah Christian Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Charles Cirillo Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Michael Cirillo Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Stephen Coit Waiter at Sardi's (uncredited) Unowned
Bud Cokes Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Paul Cristo Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Oliver Cross Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Lillian Culver Woman (uncredited) Unowned
Russell Custer Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Roy Damron Audience Member (uncredited) Unowned
Richard Davies Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Denny Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
George DeNormand Party Guest (uncredited) Unowned
Mimi Dillard Maid (uncredited) Unowned
Richard Durham Robert DeMartin (uncredited) Unowned
Leoda Richards Lady On Airport Escelator Unowned
Grace Lee Whitney Minor Role Unowned