I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
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Maurice Chevalier plays Philip Dulaine, a supposedly dying millionaire, while Sandra Dee co-stars as Cynthia, the elderly man's granddaughter. To allow Dulaine to die happy, Cynthia promises to find a husband. Actually, Dulaine is only pretending to be at death's door to get Cynthia married off. Subsequent complications involve Cynthia's personal choice for a husband, Warren Palmer (Andy Williams), and Dulaine's selection, Paul Benton (Robert Goulet). Deanna Durbin fans will quickly detect that I'd Rather Be Rich is a remake of Durbin's It Started With Eve (1941), with a gender switch (in the original, Robert Cummings is the grandson, and Durbin is the instant fiancee) and with Maurice Chevalier filling the sizeable shoes of Charles Laughton as the foxy grandpa. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Sandra Dee - Cynthia Dulaine
- Andy Williams - Warren Palmer
- Charlie Ruggles - Dr. Crandall
- Hermione Gingold - Miss Grimshaw
- Dort Clark - Albert
- Hayden Rorke - MacDougall
- Milton Frome - Max
- Ben Lessy - First Hunter
- Robert Riordan
- Paul Micale - Waiter
- Lincoln Demyan
- Rip Taylor - Airline Ticket agent
- Kenneth Patterson
- Dorothy Neumann - Elderly Maid
- Carol Lawrence - Herself
- Jonathan Hole - Clergyman
- Ed Holmes - Second Hunter
- Robert Goulet - Paul Benton
- Maurice Chevalier - Philip Dulaine
- Gene Raymond - Martin Wood
- Laurie Main - Harrison
- Alex Gerry - Cartwright
- Jill Jackson - Mrs. MacDougall
- Ruth Clifford
- Jack Orrison - Husband
- George Milan
- Austin Green
- Stuart Wade - Policeman
- Dick Ryan - Director
- Ray Kellogg
- Paul Lukather - Reporter
- Richard Flato - Maitre d'
- Allen Jenkins - Fred
- Director(s):
- Jack Smight
- Writer(s):
- Norman Krasna, Leo Townsend, Oscar Brodney
- Producer(s):
- Ross Hunter
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