The High Cost of Loving (1958)
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After a string of such serious projects as The Shrike and I Accuse, director-star Jose Ferrer lightens up a bit with the frothy comedy The High Cost of Loving. Ferrer plays purchasing executive Jim Fry, who has doubts about his financial future when his company is taken over by a conglomerate. Adding to the dilemma is the fact that Fry's wife Virginia (Gena Rowlands, in her film debut) is expecting her first child. Surrounded by ulcerated status-seekers and "grey flannel suits", Jim and Virginia wonder if they've lost the fundamental values that attracted them to one another in the first place. The film's satirical barbs seem a bit muted today, but that's the price one pays when putting together a "topical" comedy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- José Ferrer, Gena Rowlands, (more)
- Director(s):
- José Ferrer
Synopsis of The High Cost of Loving
After a string of such serious projects as The Shrike and I Accuse, director-star Jose Ferrer lightens up a bit with the frothy comedy The High Cost of Loving. Ferrer plays purchasing executive Jim Fry, who has doubts about his financial future when his company is taken over by a conglomerate. Adding to the dilemma is the fact that Fry's wife Virginia (Gena Rowlands, in her film debut) is expecting her first child. Surrounded by ulcerated status-seekers and "grey flannel suits", Jim and Virginia wonder if they've lost the fundamental values that attracted them to one another in the first place. The film's satirical barbs seem a bit muted today, but that's the price one pays when putting together a "topical" comedy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The High Cost of Loving
- José Ferrer - Jim Fry
- Joanne Gilbert - Syd Heyward
- Edward Platt - Eli Cave
- Werner Klemperer - Joseph Jessup
- Charles Watts - Boylin
- Gena Rowlands - Virginia Fry
- Jim Backus - Paul Mason
- Bobby Troup - Steve Heyward
- Philip Ober - Herb Zorn
- Lucien Littlefield
- Director(s):
- José Ferrer
- Writer(s):
- Rip Van Ronkel
- Producer(s):
- Milo Frank, Jr.
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