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The High Cost of Loving (1958)

1h 27m · 16 May 1958

M-G-M presents a candid connubial comedy !

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Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.

Movie ID130312
GenreComedy
DirectorJosé Ferrer
Main castJosé Ferrer, Gena Rowlands, Joanne Gilbert, Jim Backus, Bobby Troup, Philip Ober, Edward Platt, Charles Watts
Release date16 May 1958
Release year1958
LanguageEnglish
Duration87 min (1h 27m)
Rating6.6 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director: José Ferrer
Writers: Alford Van Ronkel, Alford Van Ronkel, Milo O. Frank Jr.

Top cast

José FerrerJim Fry Gena RowlandsGinny Fry Joanne GilbertSyd Heyward Jim BackusPaul Mason Bobby TroupSteve Heyward Philip OberHerb Zorn Edward PlattEli Cave Charles WattsBoylin, Executive Werner KlempererJoseph Jessup Malcolm AtterburyHarry Lessing (uncredited) Henny BackusMrs. Mason (uncredited)
Jeanne BairdJean (uncredited)
Rodney BellBill Cady (uncredited)
Jane BuchananMason Guest (uncredited)
Dee CarrollSecretary (uncredited)
Nick ClooneyFreddie - Man in Parking Lot (uncredited) Richard CollierClayton Fraser (uncredited) Brian CorcoranMason Child (uncredited) Abby DaltonCora, Secretary (uncredited) Francis De SalesCharles Blake (uncredited)

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