With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!

Marilyn Monroe
as The Girl

Tom Ewell
as Richard Sherman

Evelyn Keyes
as Helen Sherman

Sonny Tufts
as Tom MacKenzie

Robert Strauss
as M. Kruhulik

Oskar Homolka
as Dr. Brubaker

Marguerite Chapman
as Miss Morris

Victor Moore
as Plumber

Donald MacBride
as M. Brady

Carolyn Jones
as Miss Finch
Nutshell
A funny film, though not Wilder's best, possibly due to the limits forced here by the censor board. Monroe is at her peak here, and Tom Ewell reprises his role well from the broadway stage....
CinemaSerf
Tom Ewell is the happily married "Richard" whose family have gone away for a few weeks leaving him all alone with his manuscript and soft drinks that sound like gut-rot in a bottle! His wife "Helen" always calls him at 10pm so he must stay awake til then, and whilst waiting his vivid imagination oft...