Don't Just Stand There! (1968)
This comedy finds American writer Lawrence Colby (Robert Wagner) augmenting his scribing income by smuggling Swiss watch parts into France. Martine (Mary Tyler Moore) enlists his help to find her friend Sabine (Glynis Johns), an author of erotic novels. Sabine is vacationing in Greece, but crooks kidnap her beautiful ghost writer (Barbara Rhoades) by mistake. Sabine's nervous agent Merriman Dudley (Harvey Korman) feels the pressure from the book publishers for the deadline on the new book, still unfinished. Martine and Lawrence help the ghost writer escape, but she is accused of murdering a notorious gangster. The thug conveniently appears and is promptly arrested, as the writers all try to get back to work. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Wagner, Mary Tyler Moore, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ron Winston
Synopsis of Don't Just Stand There!
This comedy finds American writer Lawrence Colby (Robert Wagner) augmenting his scribing income by smuggling Swiss watch parts into France. Martine (Mary Tyler Moore) enlists his help to find her friend Sabine (Glynis Johns), an author of erotic novels. Sabine is vacationing in Greece, but crooks kidnap her beautiful ghost writer (Barbara Rhoades) by mistake. Sabine's nervous agent Merriman Dudley (Harvey Korman) feels the pressure from the book publishers for the deadline on the new book, still unfinished. Martine and Lawrence help the ghost writer escape, but she is accused of murdering a notorious gangster. The thug conveniently appears and is promptly arrested, as the writers all try to get back to work. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
Complete Cast of Don't Just Stand There!
- Robert Wagner - Lawrence Colby
- Glynis Johns - Sabine Manning
- Barbara Rhoades - Kendall Flanagan
- Joseph Perry - Jean-Jacques
- Emile Genest - Henri
- Penny Santon - Renee
- Richard Angarola - Pascal Decaux
- Bern Hoffman
- Joe Bernard - Police Inspector
- Mary Tyler Moore - Martine Randall
- Harvey Korman - Merriman Dudley
- Vincent Beck - Painter
- Stuart Margolin - Remy
- David Mauro - Jules
- Herbert Voland - Moffat
- Gladys Holland
- Otis Young - Bill Elkins
- Director(s):
- Ron Winston
- Writer(s):
- Charles Williams
- Producer(s):
- Stan Margulies
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