Bachelor in Paradise
THE TRUE CONFESSIONS and INTIMATE SECRETS of the world's greatest authority on LOVE
1961 · 1h 49m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Jack Arnold
Overview
A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S. for back taxes, he needs to write another book fast, to pay them. His publisher decides a book about life in the American suburbs would be a hit and settles him into Paradise Village. One bachelor plus lonely housewives equals many angry husbands.
Director and cast
- Jack Arnold Director
- Bob Hope as Adam J. Niles
- Lana Turner as Rosemary Howard
- Janis Paige as Dolores Jynson
- Jim Hutton as Larry Delavane
- Paula Prentiss as Linda Delavane
- Don Porter as Thomas W. Jynson
- Virginia Grey as Camille Quinlaw
- Agnes Moorehead as Judge Peterson
- Florence Sundstrom as Mrs. Pickering
- John McGiver as Austin Palfrey
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