Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 09/06/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD1
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Ed Stander (
Robert Morse), with the help of an all-star cast, teaches
Paul Manning (
Walter Matthau) the fine art of philandering in
A Guide for the Married Man.
Paul, happily married to sexy
Ruth (
Inger Stevens), has no burning desire to cheat, but
Ed makes the prospect sound very attractive. Finally taking the "big step" with a glamorous brunette after months of careful preparation,
Paul finds that he loves his wife way too much to betray her -- while the ever-careful
Ed ends up in divorce court. Among the myriad of "advisors" peppered throughout
Guide for the Married Man are
Art Carney,
Lucille Ball,
Jack Benny,
Jayne Mansfield,
Terry-Thomas, and
Carl Reiner. The best guest-star vignette features
Joey Bishop as a man caught in bed with another woman by his wife -- whereupon he calmly puts on his clothes, straightens up the room, and quietly responds to his wife's outrage by saying "What bed? What girl?" Adapted by
Frank Tarloff from his book of the same name,
Guide for the Married Man was directed by
Gene Kelly, who makes a cameo "appearance" of his own as a voice on a TV set.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
