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The Swinger

Director: George Sidney (Dir) Release Date: 1966 Premiere Information: New York opening: 14 Dec: Nov 1966 Duration (in mins): 81			Print this page Display Movie Summary

Cast:	Ann-Margret	(Kelly Olsson)
	Tony Franciosa	(Ric Colby)
	Robert Coote	(Sir Hubert Charles)
	Yvonne Romain	(Karen Charles)
	Horace McMahon	(Detective Sergeant Hooker)
	Nydia Westman	(Aunt Cora)
	Craig Hill	(Sammy Jenkins)
	Milton Frome	(Mr. Olsson)
	Mary LaRoche	(Mrs. Olsson)
	Clete Roberts	(Clete Roberts)
	Myrna Ross	(Sally)
	Corinne Cole	(Sir Hubert's secretary)
	Bert Freed	(Police captain)
	Romo Vincent	(Jack Happy)
	Steven Geray	(Man with fish)
	Larry D. Mann	(John Mallory)
	Lance Le Gault	(Warren)
	Diki Lerner	(Svengali)
	Barbara Nichols	(Blossom LaTour)

Summary:

Highly insulted when Girl-Lure Magazine rejects her short stories as being too naive and sugary, Kelly Olsson buys some lurid paperback books, steals lines and situations from them, and writes The Swinger , the saga of a depraved young lady, which Kelly claims is semi-autobiographical. Girl-Lure 's lecherous publisher, Sir Hubert Charles, and smooth editor, Ric Colby, doubt the authenticity of the tale and decide to pay Kelly a surprise visit. Tipped off, she wins the help of some male dancers who live in her building and stages an orgy. When Sergeant Hooker of the vice squad (another of Kelly's fellow tenants) raids the apartment, the delighted Sir Hubert agrees to publish the book, but Ric takes Kelly to his Aunt Cora in Malibu for help in reforming the wayward young woman. Ric eventually learns of the deception and takes his revenge by forcing Kelly to re-create her streetwalker past for a photo layout in Girl-Lure. His plan backfires, however, when Sergeant Hooker arrests him for forcible abduction. After Ric explains the mix-up and obtains his release, he drives off and crashes into Kelly, who was racing to his rescue on her motorcycle. The vehicles are destroyed, but Kelly and Ric end up together.

Production Company:	Paramount Pictures Corp.
Director:	George Sidney	(Dir)
	Daniel J. McCauley	(Asst dir)
Producer:	George Sidney	(Prod)
Writer:	Lawrence Roman	(Scr)
Photography:	Joseph Biroc	(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:	Hal Pereira	(Art dir)
	Walter Tyler	(Art dir)
Film Editor:	Frank Santillo	(Film ed)
Set Decoration:	Robert R. Benton	(Set dec)
	Arthur Krams	(Set dec)
Costumes:	Edith Head	(Cost)
Sound:	Garry Harris	(Sd rec)
	Charles Grenzbach	(Sd rec)
Special Effects:	Farciot Edouart	(Process photog)
	Paul K. Lerpae	(Spec photog eff)
Dance:	David Winters	(Choreog)
Make Up:	Wally Westmore	(Makeup supv)
	Frank McCoy	(Ann-Margret's makeup)
	Cherie	(Ann-Margret's hairdresser)
	Nellie Manley	(Hairstyle supv)
Production Misc:	Kenneth DeLand	(Unit prod mgr)
	Mel Traxel	(Stills)
	Bill Scott	(Titles (uncredited))
Country:	United States

Songs:	"Oh So Bad," words and music by Marty Paich; "Once," music by Marty Paich, lyrics by Mel Torme; "The Swinger," music by Andre Previn, lyrics by Dory Previn; unidentified songs, words and music by Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Billy Rose and Edward Heyman; songs sung by Ann-Margret.
Composer:	Ann-Margret
	Harold Arlen
	Lorenz Hart
	Edward Heyman
	Johnny Mercer
	Marty Paich
	André Previn
	Dory Previn
	Richard Rodgers
	Billy Rose
	Mel Torme

Copyright Claimant	Copyright Date	Copyright Number
Paramount Pictures	1/11/1966 dd/mm/yyyy	LP33407

Physical Properties:	col:	Technicolor
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Genre:	Romantic comedy
Sub-Genre:	with songs

Subjects (Major):	Aunts
	Authors
	Automobile accidents
	Dancers
	Editors
	Hoaxes
	Lechery
	Magazines
	Malibu (CA)
	Motorcycles
	Orgies
	Plagiarism
	Police
	Pornography and pornographers
	Publishers and publishing
	Vice squads

Note:	Location scenes filmed in Los Angeles. Fashion montage photographed at Saks Fifth Avenue, Beverly Hills.

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