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TV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.TV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.TV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Dick Wessel
- Louis the Louse
- (as Richard Wessel)
Stanley Adams
- Dan Shelby
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Don Anderson
- Television Technician in Booth
- (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
- Man
- (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
- First Engineer
- (uncredited)
Meurisse Duree
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
- Television Technician in Booth
- (uncredited)
Peter Ford
- TV Page Boy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the last black-and-white feature appearance by Debbie Reynolds, performing her final monochrome song and dance - "Something Called Love" (music by Walter Kent, lyrics by Walton Farrar).
- GoofsThe blackmailer is scheduled to arrive at the house at 10:00pm. After Elliot shoots him and is preparing to dispose of the body Miss Chandler arrives with clients to show the house late at night.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Head Above Water (1996)
- SoundtracksSomething Called Love
Written by Walter Kent and Walton Farrar
Performed by Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
[Nell performs the song in her show]
Featured review
Clever Comedy With A "Killer" Twist
Glenn Ford is the producer of a television mystery series who attempts to protect his Broadway star wife (Debbie Reynolds) from a blackmailer--and decides to eliminate the blackmailer via a murder plot suggested by his own series. The result is a comic chaos involving a couple of gangsters, a peculiar pigeon, and the gazebo his wife is having built on their country property.
Based on the play of the same name, THE GAZEBO strives for a mix of broad farce, screwball comedy, and sprightly sophistication--and by and large brings it off quite well. I have never been a great fan of Glenn Ford, but he manages both the broad physical comedy and the clever dialogue of this film with equal ease. Debbie Reynolds is also quite good in the role of the stage-star wife, and she and Ford have a surprisingly successful chemistry. Although the humor is more smile-and-chuckle than laugh-out-loud, THE GAZEBO is a well made, well acted, and quite enjoyable. Recommended.
Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer
Based on the play of the same name, THE GAZEBO strives for a mix of broad farce, screwball comedy, and sprightly sophistication--and by and large brings it off quite well. I have never been a great fan of Glenn Ford, but he manages both the broad physical comedy and the clever dialogue of this film with equal ease. Debbie Reynolds is also quite good in the role of the stage-star wife, and she and Ford have a surprisingly successful chemistry. Although the humor is more smile-and-chuckle than laugh-out-loud, THE GAZEBO is a well made, well acted, and quite enjoyable. Recommended.
Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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- May 16, 2005
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- Budget
- $1,218,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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