The Perfect Furlough

The Perfect Furlough

The Perfect Furlough

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The Perfect Furlough

"104 POLAR-TRAPPED G.I.s picked the army's champ woman-chaser to take their furlough by proxy!"

1958

1h 33m

6.8(22 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany him as chaperone to keep him out of trouble.

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Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Paul Hodges

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Vicki Loren

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn

Harvey Franklin

Linda Cristal

Linda Cristal

Sandra Roca

Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch

Liz Baker

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

Henri Valentin

Les Tremayne

Les Tremayne

Colonel Leland

Jay Novello

Jay Novello

Rene Valentin

King Donovan

King Donovan

Major Collins

Gordon Jones

Gordon Jones

Sylvia

Creative team

Directed by: Blake Edwards
Written by: Stanley Shapiro
Produced by: Robert Arthur

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