Jayne Mansfield,
Tony Randall,
Betsy Drake,
Joan Blondell,
Mickey Hargitay
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Jayne Mansfield recreated her starmaking stage role in this film adaptation of George Axelrod's Broadway comedy. Mansfield plays a Monroe-like movie queen whom adman Tony Randall hopes to sign for a p... read more
DVD Release Date: August 8, 2006
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May 13, 2012jusstpeteWitty, entertaining comedy starring Tony Randall and Jayne Mansfield in the role that made her famous.
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May 29, 2009Tony Randall steals the show here, and camp queen Jayne Mansfield is a bit annoying (she's used to better effect in "The Girl Can't Help It," but this is still a classy, first class comedy.
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October 24, 2007"Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" is a witty, entertaining comedy starring Tony Randall and Jayne Mansfield in the role that made her famous. Mansfield is simply "divoon" as the quintessential blonde bombshell, Rita Marlowe. This film is a good place to start for new fans of Jayn... read more
Critic Reviews
July 21, 2006
Variety
March 25, 2006
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
[Tashlin], as the writer, producer and director of the film, has let it go mushy and sprawling even more than the original play of George Axelrod. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Tashlin had a huge stylistic impact on the New Wave. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, his greatest film, is the template for Godard's bold use of primary colors and 'Scope in the 60s. Full Review
January 3, 2011
Philip French, Guardian [UK]
The picture sends up and encapsulates the complacency of the conformist Eisenhower years. Full Review
August 12, 2006
Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
Frank Tashlin never could harmonize his celebratory/critical impulses toward American pop culture, so it comes as no surprise that this is both his funniest and most despairing picture. Full Review
February 14, 2006
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Cynical look at America during the 1950s. Full Review
January 26, 2006
Time Out
The not inconsiderable charms of Jayne Mansfield are much to the fore, but it's Randall's performance as timid advertising executive Rockwell Hunter that holds the whole thing together. Full Review
October 25, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
True Mansfield vehicle, one of the few.
May 24, 2003
Film4
A highly entertaining satirical extravaganza that's executed with style and manic energy. Full Review
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