High Time (film)
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| High Time | |
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 Original 1960 film poster |
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| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Produced by | Charles Brackett |
| Written by | Garson Kanin (story) Frank Waldman and Tom Waldman (screenplay) |
| Starring | Bing Crosby Fabian Tuesday Weld Nicole Maurey Richard Beymer |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
| Cinematography | Ellsworth Fredericks |
| Editing by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | September 16, 1960 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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High Time is a 1960 collegiate comedic film, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bing Crosby. The film is told from the perspective of a middle-aged man who enters the world of a new generation of postwar youth. In the years since its release, High Time has come to be viewed as a comedic study of the slowly emerging generation gap between the music and mores of an older generation and postwar youth, as well as an inadvertent time capsule of American adolescents and lifestyles of America in 1960.
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[edit] Plot
After the death of his wife, wealthy restauranteur Harvey Howard (Crosby), a self-made man, decides to go back to college at 51 years of age and earn a bachelor's degree. He faces initial opposition from his grown (and pretentious) children, as well as a generation gap between himself and his much younger fellow students. Along the way, he fends off the attentions of college coeds while trying his best to fit in with his youthful classmates and earn their respect. He eventually falls in love with his French professor, and the romance causes further complications to his scholastic ambitions.
[edit] Background
High Time was scripted by Garson Kanin, Frank Waldman, and Tom Waldman. It was originally titled "Big Daddy", with the starring role to be played by Gary Cooper. When Cooper's terminal illness forced him to decline the role, Bing Crosby was signed as lead, and the script was revised to his requirements.
[edit] Cast
- Bing Crosby .... Harvey Howard
- Fabian .... Gil Sparrow
- Tuesday Weld .... Joy Elder
- Nicole Maurey .... Prof. Helene Gauthier
- Richard Beymer .... Bob Bannerman
- Patrick Adiarte .... T.J. Padmanagham
- Yvonne Craig .... Randy 'Scoop' Pruitt
- Jimmy Boyd .... Robert Higgson
- Gavin MacLeod .... Professor Thayer
- Kenneth MacKenna .... President Byrne of Pinehurst
- Nina Shipman .... Laura Howard
- Angus Duncan .... Harvey Howard Jr.
- Paul von Schreiber .... Crump
- Harold Ayer .... Student
- Jimmy Baya .... Band Leader
- Carla Borelli .... Harvey Jr.'s Date at Ball
- Harry Carter .... Harvey's Chauffeur
- Alvin Childress .... Guest Announcer at Judge Carter's Ball
- Donald Cockburn .... Basketball Coach
- Dick Crockett .... Bones McKinney
- Douglass Dumbrille .... Judge Carter
- Gregg Dunn .... Bit Role
- Opal Euard .... Mrs. Carter
- Frank Fowler .... Professor
- Don Gazzaniga .... Bit Role
- Ruby Goodwin .... Dr. Byrne's Maid
- Ray Hamilton .... Laura's Date at Ball
- John Page Harrington .... Heazlett
- Linda Hutchings .... Bit Role
- Byron Kane .... Professor
- Jean Paul King .... Professor
- James Lanphier .... Burdick, Maitre D' at Harvey Howard's
- Johnny Lee .... Servant at Judge Carter's Ball
- Mary Patton .... Matron
- Edward T. Peckham .... Professor
- Ray A. Rustigan .... Hedgepeth
- Art Salter .... Gas Station Attendant
- Jeffrey Sayre .... Helps Harvey from Floor at Dance
- Frank J. Scannell .... Auctioneer at College
- Elisabeth Talbot-Martin .... Matron
- Emerson Treacy .... Professor
- Janice Trotter .... Student
- Irene Vernon .... Matron
- Ernestine Wade .... Judge Carter's Maid
- H.E. West .... Bit Role
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