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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

To save his career, a writer for television advertising wants a famous actress to endorse a lipstick. In return, he has to pretend to be her new lover.

Director

Frank Tashlin

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

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Rockwell P. Hunter

Rita Marlowe

Jayne Mansfield

Jenny Wells

Violet

Irving La Salle Jr.

Henry Rufus

April Hunter

Bobo Branigansky

Mickey Hargitay

Calypso Singer

T.V. Interviewer

Dick Whittinghill

Gladys

Frenchman

Frenchman

Mailman

Shampoo Demonstrator

Television Commentator

Board Member

Office Worker

Used Car Salesman

Mailman

Beer Salesman

Soap Demonstrator

Madge Cleveland

Ed Sullivan

Board Member

Razor Demonstrator

Scrubwoman

Miss Carstairs

Refrigerator Demonstrator

Board Member

Board Member

Policeman

Mr. Ezzarus

Jolly Jess - Peanut Butter Salesman

Jess Kirkpatrick

Masseuse

Doctor

George Schmidlap

Washing Machine Demonstrator

Betty Lou Murray

Breakfast Food Demonstrator

Board Member

Nightclub Patron

Salesman

Junior's Secretary

Receptionist

Patricia Powell

Theater Manager

Scrubwoman

Reporter

Annie

Hotel Doorman

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Rita Marlowe George Schmidlap Violet Breakfast Food Demonstrator Rockwell Hunter Scrubwoman Gladys Henry Rufus Jenny Wells April Hunter Miss Carstairs

(♪ Drum roll) - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

(♪ Drum roll)

Oh the fine print they put in an actor's contract these days - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Oh the fine print they put in an actor's contract these...

And I'm appearing in this motion picture - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

And I'm appearing in this motion picture

Each little Crunchy contains energy - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Each little Crunchy contains energy

Wow contains fallout the exclusive patented ingredient - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Wow contains fallout the exclusive patented ingredient

He's probably on his fourth tranquilliser by now - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

He's probably on his fourth tranquilliser by now

Must be your fifth tranquilliser by now - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Must be your fifth tranquilliser by now

Gladys talks too much I ought to get rid of her - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Gladys talks too much I ought to get rid of her

Stay Put Lipstick stays put put Stay Put Stay Put Stay Put - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Stay Put Lipstick stays put put Stay Put Stay Put Stay Put

What's the matter Rocky boy No kopecks put aside - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

What's the matter Rocky boy No kopecks put aside

My Evelyn she was a perfectly normal juvenile delinquent - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

My Evelyn she was a perfectly normal juvenile delinquent

You know expand the one line joke into the hour and a half spectacular - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

You know expand the one line joke into the hour and a half...

'Mystery I'm just going to New York with my secretary to rest in seclusion - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

'Mystery I'm just going to New York with my...

'So what's the mystery I'm just a perfectly normal American girl - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

'So what's the mystery I'm just a perfectly...

♪Stay-Put, Stay-Put! - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

♪Stay-Put, Stay-Put!

Ugh. I've lost my touch. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Ugh. I've lost my touch.

Well he wasn't too loaded to turn up at Ciro's with another bleached blonde - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Well he wasn't too loaded to turn up at Ciro's...

(Cheering) Miss Marlowe! - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

(Cheering) Miss Marlowe!

'Don't talk dirty on TV It's a family medium - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

'Don't talk dirty on TV It's a family medium

I ask you what is Rita Marlowe famous for - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I ask you what is Rita Marlowe famous for

I'm not making trouble.
I'm trying to get us out of trouble. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I'm not making trouble. I'm trying to get us out o...

You know, Mr LaSalle,
for years I looked up to you. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

You know, Mr LaSalle, for years I looked up to you.

You were my idol I regarded you as a big man But you're not a big man - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

You were my idol I regarded you as a big man But you're...

I may look like a man but I don't sound like one - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I may look like a man but I don't sound like one

Shh How can I remember - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Shh How can I remember

I did want to talk to you about getting your endorsement - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I did want to talk to you about getting your endorsement

But don't leave me out I have to be important in my own incorporated - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

But don't leave me out I have to be important in my own...

Yes sweetie I'm President of Rita Marlowe Productions Incorporated - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Yes sweetie I'm President of Rita Marlowe Productions...

(Horn blares) - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I picked him up I can pick him down - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I picked him up I can pick him down

When I get through with him his hair will be so loose - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

When I get through with him his hair will be so loose

Ha ha I know And we're on the gravy choo choo chickie - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Ha ha I know And we're on the gravy choo choo chickie

I'll ask him He wants to know Rita's measurements - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I'll ask him He wants to know Rita's measurements

If talent had anything to do with success - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

If talent had anything to do with success

Now what - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

There's that fancy foreign car.
And does she look willing! - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

There's that fancy foreign car. And does she look willi...

'Doll just looked at me and suddenly my heart went pop - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

'Doll just looked at me and suddenly my heart went pop

You girdle popper you Oh she's lying she's lying - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

You girdle popper you Oh she's lying she's lying

Oh Uncle Rockwell You must be loaded with biology - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Oh Uncle Rockwell You must be loaded with biology

Rufus if you're going to be a success be a success - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Rufus if you're going to be a success be a success

Would I pick on someone who wasn't the greatest Ooh - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Would I pick on someone who wasn't the greatest Ooh

Something snapped You snapped and you're not a bad snapper Dolly - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Something snapped You snapped and you're not a bad...

She never had some dopey director making her retake her kissing scenes - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

She never had some dopey director making her retake her...

So when it comes to kissing I know - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

So when it comes to kissing I know

(Women) ♪ 'Ooh, la-la! Lovair Doll!
Poupee, poupee, poup!' ♪ - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

(Women) ♪ 'Ooh, la-la! Lovair Doll! Poupee, poupee, pou...

Don't tell me you've gone and flipped for Rock - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Don't tell me you've gone and flipped for Rock

I know that wonderful AC DC feeling But that is not love - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I know that wonderful AC DC feeling But that is not love

Now you listen to me - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Now you listen to me

What do I know about love - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

What do I know about love

Well this may come as a shock but I was young and pretty once like you - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Well this may come as a shock but I was young and pretty...

And this guy I was nuts about was our milkman - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

And this guy I was nuts about was our milkman

Sighs He had the pains for the gal I was working for - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Sighs He had the pains for the gal I was working for

Then I went to a psychiatrist - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Then I went to a psychiatrist

- There you are.
- Thank you, Mr Hunter. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

- There you are. - Thank you, Mr Hunter.

Twenty-three. Twenty-four. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Twenty-three. Twenty-four.

Naturally when I first heard the news - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Naturally when I first heard the news

- Where did he go?
- Who are you looking for? - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

- Where did he go? - Who are you looking for?

Oh, Lover Doll! Lover Doll! - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Oh, Lover Doll! Lover Doll!

(Girls screaming) - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

(Girls screaming)

And yet you laugh You know these kids are insane - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

And yet you laugh You know these kids are insane

What you need is a drink And how - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

What you need is a drink And how

You're making the same mistake again. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

You're making the same mistake again.

- Miss Marlowe?
- Oh, yes, Lover Doll. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

- Miss Marlowe? - Oh, yes, Lover Doll.

But then where did you learn to use your lips the way you do - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

But then where did you learn to use your lips the way you do

You're divoon.
Oh, you're just like John Wayne. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

You're divoon. Oh, you're just like John Wayne.

Dolly Doll don't run away from Mama - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Dolly Doll don't run away from Mama

Dolly Doll, don't run away from Mama. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Dolly Doll, don't run away from Mama.

Jenny? - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

- Doctor, her arms, they're...
- Oh, merely tightened muscles. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

- Doctor, her arms, they're... - Oh, merely tightened m...

Ladies and gentlemen this break in our motion picture - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Ladies and gentlemen this break in our motion picture

Of course the great thing about TV - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Of course the great thing about TV

And will success spoil Rock Hunter - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

And will success spoil Rock Hunter

(Doorbell buzzes) - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

(Doorbell buzzes)

Well, talk, boy, talk! What happened
with you and the big bossy, huh? - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Well, talk, boy, talk! What happened with you and the big bo...

Take a gandy at this laddie - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Take a gandy at this laddie

Oh, the beauty of it all! - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Oh, the beauty of it all!

- Miss Wells!
- Yes? - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

- Miss Wells! - Yes?

I just got the homogenised blues - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I just got the homogenised blues

Just one more, Lover Doll. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Just one more, Lover Doll.

♪ Mr Successful - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

♪ Mr Successful

This is Miss Carstairs She's new here - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

This is Miss Carstairs She's new here

Really stacked that Carstairs dishy Attractive - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Really stacked that Carstairs dishy Attractive

- Good night, Mr Hunter.
- Good night, Ed. - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

- Good night, Mr Hunter. - Good night, Ed.

I couldn't keep it lit - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I couldn't keep it lit

I'm the largest success there is I'm an average guy - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

I'm the largest success there is I'm an average...

But what about that not so plain sweater girl you're marrying this afternoon - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

But what about that not so plain sweater girl you're...

This is Rita Marlowe star of stage screen and now live television - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

This is Rita Marlowe star of stage screen and now live...

You know you never even tried to kiss me - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

You know you never even tried to kiss me

We've learned that success is just the art of being happy - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

We've learned that success is just the art of being...

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? poster

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To save his career, a writer for television advertising wants a famous actress to endorse a lipstick. In return, he has to pretend to be her new lover.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Frank Tashlin

Writer: Frank Tashlin, George Axelrod

Production: N/A

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1957

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Aug 1957

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

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