While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic’s songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for overnight lodging and enlists a local waitress/call girl to pose as his wife in order to placate Dino’s urges.

“One of Wilder’s funniest comedies, and one of his most underrated.” — Chicago Reader

“A fearless, corrosively funny satire of American lust, ambition and hypocrisy.” — Slant Magazine

“The film now seems less outrageous than astonishingly perceptive about desire, jealousy and the bargains people make in pursuit of their dreams.” — The Guardian

“What once looked merely vulgar now appears daring, intelligent and remarkably modern.” — The New Yorker

“The picture’s reputation has risen steadily over the years; what shocked audiences in 1964 now plays as a bold, bitter and often hilarious examination of sex and commerce in America.” — Film Comment