Critic's Choice

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.

Cast

Bob Hope

as Parker Ballantine

Lucille Ball

as Angela Ballantine

Marilyn Maxwell

as Ivy London

Rip Torn

as Dion Kapakos

Jessie Royce Landis

as Charlotte Orr

John Dehner

as S.P. Champlain

Jim Backus

as William Von Hagedorn

Ricky Kelman

as John Ballantine

Dorothy Green

as Margaret Champlain

Marie Windsor

as Sally Orr

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