That Touch of Mink

Cary Grant and Doris Day team in this romantic farce about a playboy who tries to seduce a working girl. Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, John Astin. Gruber: Alan Hewitt. Young Man: Richard Sargent. Short Man: Joey Faye. Showgirl: Laurie Mitchell. Collins: John McKee. Smith: John Fiedler. Hodges: Willard Sage. Delbert Mann directed., Cary Grant and Doris Day star in Delbert Mann’s delightful, frothy comedy-romance. She plays Cathy Timberlake, who falls for Grant’s businessman Roger Adams when his car coats her in mud. Instantly attracted, she wants a ring while he just wants a fling – she figures the way to get him is to be the playgirl he desires while his plan is to be a straight-ace guy. Inevitably, misunderstandings galore abound but the spark between the two leads is unmistakable. The supporting cast includes Gig Young, John Astin and Audrey Meadows plus cameos from then-baseball superstars Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra., A wholesome young woman gets swept into the world of the rich and famous when a romantic business tycoon falls in love with her simple country ways., Cary Grant and Doris Day team in this romantic farce about a playboy who tries to seduce a working girl., (1962) Cary Grant and Doris Day star in Delbert Mann’s delightful, frothy comedy-romance. She plays Cathy Timberlake, who falls for businessman Roger Adams (Grant) when his car coats her in mud. Instantly attracted, she wants a ring while he just wants a fling – she figures the way to get him is to be the playgirl he desires while his plan is to be a straight-ace guy. Inevitably, misunderstandings galore abound but the spark between the two leads is unmistakable. The supporting cast includes Gig Young, John Astin and Audrey Meadows plus cameos from then-baseball superstars Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra. M,W,R,S,, When people refer to Doris Day as “the world’s oldest professional virgin,” they generally have the 1962 comedy That Touch of Mink in mind. It isn’t that Cathy Timberlake (Day) is above a bit of hanky-panky; it’s just that she wants such tangibles as a marriage license and wedding ring first. Thus, when playboy businessman Philip Shayne (Cary Grant) begins actively pursuing Cathy (they “met cute” when Philip’s limo splashed mud on the hapless Cathy), she won’t say “I will” until he says “I do.” She is of the idealistic opinion that she can bring out the best intentions in him, even when he repeatedly tips off his worst intentions by inviting her to accompany him to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Bermuda. After not a few complications and misunderstands, Cathy finally finagles a proposal out of Philip. The film is essentially much ado about nothing, but it is so well-acted and attractively photographed that the audiences are willing to go along for the ride. The high-powered supporting cast includes Gig Young as Roger, Philip’s moralistic financial advisor; Audrey Meadows as Connie, Cathy’s wise-cracking roommate; Alan Hewitt as Dr. Gruber, a confused psychiatrist; John Astin as Beasley, Cathy’s slimy would-be beau; Dick Sargent as a neurotic honeymooner; and an unbilled Richard Deacon as an all-around letch. Best scene: the baseball-dugout rhubarb involving New York Yankees Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra.