Critic's Choice
24/02/1963
2h

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.
Cast


Bob Hope
Parker Ballantine


Lucille Ball
Angela Ballantine


Marilyn Maxwell
Ivy London


Rip Torn
Dion Kapakos


Jessie Royce Landis
Charlotte Orr aka Charlie


John Dehner
S.P. Champlain


Jim Backus
Dr. William Von Hagedorn


Ricky Kelman
John Ballantine


Dorothy Green
Mrs. Margaret Champlain


Marie Windsor
Sally Orr


Joseph Gallison
Philip "Phil" Yardley


Joan Shawlee
Marge Orr


Richard Deacon
Harvey Rittenhouse


Jerome Cowan
Joe Rosenfield
Donald Losby
Geoffrey Von Hagedorn


Lurene Tuttle
Mother in "Sisters Three"


Ernestine Wade
Thelma


Stanley Adams
Bartender
John Alban
Audience Member (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Audience Member (uncredited)


Pamela Austin
Daughter (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Audience Member (uncredited)


Bill Baldwin
Man on the Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Audience Member (uncredited)
Kathy Bennett
Daughter (uncredited)


Mary Benoit
Woman (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
Audience Member (uncredited)


Nesdon Booth
Man (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Audience Member (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
Audience Member (uncredited)
Joe Brooks
Catcher (uncredited)
Ivan Browning
Audience Member (uncredited)
Theona Bryant
Beauty Operator (uncredited)


Robert Buckingham
Spectator (uncredited)
Judy Cannon
Spectator (uncredited)


Ahna Capri
Daughter (uncredited)
Gordon Carveth
Spectator (uncredited)
Louis Cavalier
Little League Rooter (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Audience Member (uncredited)
Beulah Christian
Audience Member (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo
Audience Member (uncredited)
Michael Cirillo
Spectator (uncredited)
Stephen Coit
Waiter at Sardi's (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
Audience Member (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
Audience Member (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Audience Member (uncredited)


Lillian Culver
Woman (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Audience Member (uncredited)
Roy Damron
Audience Member (uncredited)


Richard Davies
Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Spectator (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mimi Dillard
Maid (uncredited)
Richard Durham
Robert DeMartin (uncredited)


Leoda Richards
Lady On Airport Escelator


Grace Lee Whitney
Minor Role


James Flavin
Security Guard (uncredited)


Sam Flint
Little League Rooter (uncredited)
George Ford
Audience Member (uncredited)


Thomas E. Jackson
Joe, the Stage Doorman (uncredited)


Mike Lally
Audience Member at 'Sisters Three' (uncredited)
William Meader
Audience Member (uncredited)


Harold Miller
First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)


Ray Montgomery
Actor in 'Week End' (uncredited)


Jack Mower
Audience Member (uncredited)


Sol Murgi
Audience Member (uncredited)


William H. O'Brien
Audience Member (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Audience Member (uncredited)
Tony Regan
Party Guest (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)


Cosmo Sardo
Audience Member (uncredited)


Charles Sherlock
Audience Member (uncredited)


Hal Smith
Drunk (uncredited)
Ron Stokes
Partygoer (uncredited)


Arthur Tovey
Audience Member (uncredited)


Ralph Volkie
Audience Member (uncredited)


Tom Wilson
First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)
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