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1958 film by Blake Edwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| The Perfect Furlough | |
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| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Written by | Stanley Shapiro |
| Produced by | Robert Arthur |
| Starring | Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Keenan Wynn Linda Cristal |
| Cinematography | Philip Lathrop |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
Production company | Universal-International Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal-International Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.3 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
The army has a problem with over 100 male soldiers stationed at an isolated Arctic base for nearly a year are having psychological problems due to their isolation. As a result, they have lost a 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 sex symbol movie star Sandra Roca.
The scheming Corporal Paul Hodges wins the lottery and gets to Paris, France, 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 the film star. Lt. Loren and two military policemen keep Hodges under constant supervision, but Hodges schemes to score with Sandra.
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