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Mood:
- HumorousSentimentalTouching
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Plot:
- BuddiesOpposites AttractCouple RelationsCity LifeCouplesMusician's LifeFall in LoveAlcohol Abuse more...
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Genres:
- ComedyRomanceDrama
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Time/Period:
- 50s
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Place:
- New YorkUSABusUrbanTaxi
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Audience:
- Date Night
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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The Rat Race, 1960
English
USA
Profile of The Rat Race
The mood of The Rat Race is humorous, sentimental, and touching. The plot centers around city life, opposites attracting, and buddies. It is a comedy, romance, and drama movie. In approach, The Rat Race is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a taxi, on a bus, and in an urban environment. The setting is New York. The Rat Race happens in the 1950s. It is adapted from a play. It is especially suggested for a date night.
Summary of The Rat Race
A somewhat uneven but still entertaining comedy-drama, The Rat Race, by director Robert Mulligan, co-stars Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as Peter Hammond, Jr. and Peggy Brown, two performers who meet in New York and are thrown together by their mutual poverty. Peter arrives on a bus from the Midwest with his sax in hand and high hopes for a career. He gets a one-room walk-up and then meets Peggy, a dancer down on her luck who needs a place to stay. Ever the gentleman, Peter offers her space in his apartment and they string up a modesty curtain to divide their separate domains. But luck is not kind to Peter, right from the beginning. Some pranksters hose him down with cold water on his first trip into the city and he later gets his precious saxophone stolen by a trio of devious musicians/thieves. Peggy offers companionship in the face of difficulties, and before long the platonic relationship has distinct romantic overtones.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 10 July 1960 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
Cast and Crew
as Pete Hammond Jr.
as Peggy Brown
as Mac, Owner of Macs Bar
as Mrs. 'Soda' Gallo, Landlady
