The man in mom's bed
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The man in mom's bed |
| Original title | With Six You Get Eggroll |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Howard Morris |
| script |
Gwen Bagni , Paul Dubov , Harvey Bullock , RS Allen |
| production | Martin Melcher |
| music | Robert Mersey |
| camera |
Ellsworth Fredericks , Harry Stradling Jr. |
| cut | Adrienne Fazan |
| occupation | |
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The Man in Mammi's Bed (Original title: With Six You Get Eggroll ) is an American comedy film from 1968 with Doris Day in her last screen role.
action
Abby McClure is a widow and mother of three sons. One day, when she invites widower Jake Iverson to a party, Abby's relatives Maxine and Harry Scott try to pair Abby with Jake. When it gets too much for Jake, he leaves the party. Shortly afterwards he meets Abby again in a shop, where she apologizes for the Scotts' behavior. Both agree to meet again. Soon the wedding bells are ringing, but living together turns out to be more difficult than expected. Abby's sons do not get along with Jake's possessive daughter, Stacey. Even Abby's and Jake's dogs don't like each other.
To avoid the children's quarrels and finally to find some peace, Abby and Jake buy a trailer that they use as a bedroom. One evening, however, Abby and Jake also get into an argument, whereupon Abby drives away with the trailer and later meets a group of hippies . When she wants to drive back to Jake with the young people, she collides with a truck full of chickens.
When Abby and the hippies are arrested and Jake learns of the accident, Jake immediately sets off with the children and dogs to help Abby. On the way they run into the same truck Abby had driven into earlier. When the angry driver threatens Jake, the children and dogs team up in his defense. At the police station, Abby and Jake hug each other, and their children are happily reunited with them too.
background
On August 7, 1968, the film premiered in the United States. In Germany, The Man in Mammi's Bed was released on March 7, 1969. On November 2, 1986, the comedy was first broadcast on German television.
The young Barbara Hershey made her screen debut with the film, while it was the last film appearance for the leading actress Doris Day . A month after the film was released, Days started their own television program The Doris Day Show .
Reviews
For the lexicon of international films , The Man in Mammi's Bed was a "[typical] American family film, solidly made and designed as non-binding entertainment". The simple conclusion of the film magazine Cinema was: “Harmless Heile-Welt-Filmchen.” The Protestant film observer found it “tough banter until widow and widower find each other and are united with their respective children under one roof”. The film is "[m] eist unimaginatively and pointlessly staged" and therefore "[really] superfluous".
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said the film was "a sufficiently friendly comedy" that had "some good, but also some boring moments" and was "more or less" routine. The result is “not great”, but if you like to see Doris Day “in friendly family comedies with lots of children and dogs”, “it could be worse”.
Awards
At the 1970 Laurel Awards , Doris Day was nominated for her role as Best Actress in a Comedy and landed in third place.
German version
The German dubbed version was created in 1969 by Ultra Film Synchron GmbH, Berlin.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Abby McClure | Doris Day | Ilse Kiewiet |
| Jake Iverson | Brian Keith | Arnold Marquis |
| Maxine Scott | Pat Carroll | Tilly Lauenstein |
| Herbie Fleck | George Carlin | Peter Schiff |
| Cleo Ruskin | Elaine Devry | Beate Hasenau |
| Jo Jo | Jamie Farr | Gerd Martienzen |
| Zip | William Christopher | Randolf Kronberg |
| Mitch McClure | Jimmy Bracken | Stefan Sczodrok |
| Truck driver | Vic Tayback | Konrad Wagner |
Web links
- With Six You Get Eggroll in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- With Six You Get Eggroll at Turner Classic Movies (English)
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The man in Mammi's bed. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ Protestant film observer . Evangelical Press Association Munich, Critique No. 121/1969.
- ↑ “ With Six You Get Eggroll is a pleasant enough comedy, some good moments, some dull ones, more or less routine. [...] It's not great, but if you like Doris Day in pleasant family comedies with lots of kids and dogs, you could do worse. " Roger Ebert : With Six You Get Eggroll . In: Chicago Sun-Times , September 4, 1968.
- ↑ cf. synchrondatenbank.de