The Perfect Furlough

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The Perfect Furlough
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theatrical release poster
Directed by Blake Edwards
Written by Stanley Shapiro
Produced by Robert Arthur
Starring Tony Curtis
Janet Leigh
Keenan Wynn
Elaine Stritch
Les Tremayne
Marcel Dalio
Linda Cristal
Cinematography Philip Lathrop
Edited byMilton Carruth
Music by Frank Skinner
Production
company
Universal-International Pictures
Distributed by Universal-International Pictures
Release dates
  • November 30, 1958 (1958-11-30)(United States)
  • January 21, 1959 (1959-01-21)(New York City)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.3 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) [1]

The Perfect Furlough is a 1958 American CinemaScope Eastmancolor romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and written by Stanley Shapiro. Edwards and Shapiro would re-team the following year for another Tony Curtis service comedy, Operation Petticoat . Linda Cristal won the Golden Globe Award for Best New Star at the 16th Golden Globe Awards for the film.

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Plot

The army has a problem when over 100 male soldiers stationed at an isolated Arctic base for nearly a year start having psychological issues due to their isolation. As a result, they have lost all sense of military discipline, are careless and lackadaisical in their duties and their morale is at rock bottom. As it is impossible to give all the soldiers a furlough, their commanding general in the US holds a meeting to discuss the best solution. Army psychiatrist Lieutenant Vicky Loren suggests that the soldiers on the isolated base decide amongst themselves what would be "the perfect furlough" with a lottery being held where one lucky soldier would go on the furlough with the rest of the soldiers living vicariously through him. They decide on a trip to Paris with Argentine sex symbol movie star Sandra Roca.

The scheming Corporal Paul Hodges wins the lottery and gets to Paris on a three weeks' leave. The army is worried that Hodges' reputation as a ladies' man will embarrass the army if he has his way with Sandra. Loren and two military policemen, Sylvia and Hans, keep Hodges under constant supervision, but Hodges schemes to score with Sandra.

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References

  1. ↑ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34


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