A Global Affair (1964)
Directed by Jack Arnold

Comedy

Film Synopsis

When Frank Larrimore, a representative of the United Nations, speaks out for women's rights, a baby is deposited at the UN headquarters in New York.  Frank, a bachelor, decides to temporarily adopt the baby until its identity and nationality can be established.  Frank's playboy friend Randy borrows the baby as it provides the perfect pretext to meet single women who are keen to marry.  Frank attracts a UN guide, Lisette, who considers marrying him until she realises how Randy is exploiting the child for his own ends...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jack Arnold
  • Script: Bob Fisher, Charles Lederer, Arthur Marx, Eugene Vale (story)
  • Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg
  • Music: Dominic Frontiere
  • Cast: Bob Hope (Frank Larrimore), Michèle Mercier (Lisette), Elga Andersen (Yvette), Yvonne De Carlo (Dolores), Miiko Taka (Fumiko), Robert Sterling (Randy Sterling), Nehemiah Persoff (Under Secretary Segura), John McGiver (Mr. Snifter), Jacques Bergerac (Guy Duval), Mickey Shaughnessy (Police Officer Dugan), Liselotte Pulver (Sonya), Rafer Johnson (Nigerian Representative), Georgia Hayes (Jean), Hugh Downs (Himself - TV Newscaster), Billy Halop (Cab Driver), Edmon Ryan (Gavin), Reta Shaw (Nurse Argyle), Voltaire Perkins (Judge in Geneva), Baby Monroe (Nonnie), Albert Carrier (French United Nations Delegate)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 84 min

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