Poor Mr. Beasley is misaligned. (That Touch of Mink)
Everett Beasley (John Astin) is tagged as a creep. However, He is quite a nice guy. He goes out of his way to persuade Cathy (Doris Day) to go out with him. Because he works in the Unemployment office, he knows she does not have any money. Cathy cruelly uses him to make someone else jealous. On top of this, he gets the best vehicle available (his brother's chicken hauling truck), the best wine that is affordable (Muscatel), and even gets romantic with paper cups to drink from. He even fronts for the motel room. Now, how many people do you know that would go through all that trouble for you?
Even Roger (Gig Young) is mistaken for Philip Shayne. He gets slapped, bashed, and bitten.
My favorite scene is where she falls out of the window and is picked up. She says, " I fell out of Mister Shayne's apartment. See that I'm returned."
Look for her again in "Where were you when the lights went out" when she says, "Hello Peter, so you're here."
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Goody Two-Shoes and the Filthy Beast (Father Goose)
Walter Christopher Eckland (Cary Grant), a drifter, has obtained a boat from someone fleeing the oncoming war. Due to a lack of coast watchers (the "should have been" watcher getting himself eaten), Walter is pressed into service. Certain measures were taken to get him there and to encourage his participation.
On a mission to save a fellow cost watcher, Walter ends up with Catherine Louise Marie Ernestine Freneau (Leslie Caron), who is escorting several schoolgirls out of harm's way and is stranded. Place any man and woman on an island and toss in some schoolgirls, a little liquor, a snake, a tie, and J-a-p-a-n-e-s-e, and you have a mixture for comedy.
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