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Man's Favorite Sport?

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Man's Favorite Sport?
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NR,2hrs 1min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Release:
1963
Director:
Howard Hawks
Distributor:
Universal Studios
Starring:
Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy  ...more
Synopsis: Roger Willoughby (Rock Hudson) is a super salesman of sporting goods who sells fishing equipment but knows nothing about the sport. Roger's boss Cadwalader (John McGiver) gets an idea from publicity director Abigail (Paula Prentiss) to enter him in a fishing contest, and the inept angler has a series of comic consequences before he wins the contest with some help from a bear. When Roger admits that his winning the event was merely luck, he turns in the prize and loses his job. Roger eventually wins ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Director Howard Hawks gave Hollywood some of its most memorable comedies (and dramas, for that matter), but by 1963 his best days were behind him. Still, Man's Favorite Sport? has some flashes of the dependable old Hawks, and the basic theme -- strong willed woman hunts down reluctant man -- is a familiar one that worked well for him before (as in Bringing Up Baby, for example). There's some good physical ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Rock Hudson
Roger Willoughby
Paula Prentiss
Abigail Page
Maria Perschy
Isolde "Easy" Mueller
John McGiver
William Cadwalader
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