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Who's Got the Action?

  • Director: Daniel Mann
  • AMG Rating: starstarstar
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Themes: Nothing Goes Right, Gambling
  • Main Cast: Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Eddie Albert, Nita Talbot, Walter Matthau, Paul Ford, John McGiver
  • Release Year: 1963
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 93 minutes

Plot

Lawyer Dean Martin's gambling habit is beginning to get on the nerves of his wife Lana Turner. To keep the money in the family, Lana talks Dino's law partner Eddie Albert into acting as Martin's bookie. Not only does this plan not work, but it also rouses the ire of Runyonesque gangster Walter Matthau. In the cutest of the film's cute twist, Lana saves herself and her husband by solving Matthau's financial and domestic problems. A minor but efficiently assembled star comedy, Who's Got the Action benefits from tasty production values and a knockout supporting cast, including Paul Ford, John McGiver, Nita Talbot, Ned Glass, and fabled pin-up girl June Wilkinson. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Margo - Roza; Lewis Charles - Clutch; Jack Albertson - Officer Hodges; George Dee - Waiter; Ned Glass - Baldy; Mack Gray; Len Hendry; John Indrisano - Hood; Wilbur Mack - Groom/Octogenarian; Alphonse Martell - Maitre d'; Ralph Montgomery - Street Cleaner; House Peters, Jr. - Cop in Elevator; Eddie Quillan - Dingo the Phone Repairman; Alexander Rose - Mr. Goody; Dan Tobin - Mr. Sanford; Joseph Vitale - Bartender; June Wilkinson - Bride; Lee Sabinson - Lawyer

Credit

Arthur Lonergan - Art Director, Hal Pereira - Art Director, Edith Head - Costume Designer, Arthur Jacobson - First Assistant Director, Daniel Mann - Director, Howard A. Smith - Editor, George Duning - Composer (Music Score), George Duning - Musical Direction/Supervision, Nita Talbot - Songwriter, Del Armstrong - Makeup, Wally Westmore - Makeup, Loren Cosand - Makeup, Joseph Ruttenberg - Cinematographer, Jack Rose - Producer, Sam Comer - Set Designer, Darrell Silvera - Set Designer, Charles Grenzbach - Sound/Sound Designer, Hugo Grenzbach - Sound/Sound Designer, Jack Rose - Screenwriter, A. Rose - Book Author
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Who's Got the Action?

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Directed by Daniel Mann
Produced by Jack Rose
Written by A. Rose (book)
Jack Rose
Starring Dean Martin
Lana Turner
Music by George Duning
Nita Talbot
Cinematography Joseph Ruttenberg
Editing by Howard A. Smith
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) December 25, 1962
Running time 93 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English

Who's Got the Action? is a 1962 comedy film about a man suffering from an addiction to gambling, starring Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Eddie Albert, and Walter Matthau. The film was written by Alexander Rose and Jack Rose, and directed by Daniel Mann.

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