The Opposite Sex

(1956) David Miller’s sparky musical, a remake of George Cukor’s The Women , stars June Allyson as Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer now married to Broadway producer Steve Hilliard (Leslie Nielsen). When she hears through the theatrical gossip grapevine that he’s dallying with singer Crystal Allen (Joan Collins), her first thought is of divorce. Then she realises she’s still got what it takes to take on Crystal at her own game and win her husband back by being just as foxy. Musical highlights include Young Man with a Horn and a Perfect Love , both sung by Allyson., This tuneful reworking of Clare Boothe Luce’s satirical play The Women tells the story of a prominent Broadway producer’s wife who becomes a manipulative she-devil in order to win her husband back from an irresistible vamp., David Miller’s sparky musical is a remake of George Cukor’s The Women. June Allyson stars as Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer who is now married to Broadway producer Steve Hilliard. When she hears, through the theatrical gossip grapevine, that he’s dallying with singer Crystal Allen, Kay’s first thought is of divorce. Then she realises she’s still got what it takes to take on Crystal at her own game and decides to win her husband back by being just as foxy as the interloper., An all-star musical adaptation of Clare Boothe Luce’s play ‘The Women’, with June Allyson and Ann Sheridan among the women each fighting to keep her man., An all-star musical adaptation of Clare Boothe Luce’s play ‘The Women’, with June Allyson, Ann Sheridan and a young Joan Collins among the women each fighting to keep her man from falling for the charms of another., Musical remake of the Broadway hit “The Women,” about a seemingly happily married singer who loses her husband to a gold digger, but then decides, against the advice of her catty friends, to try and win him back.