Films

Who's Got the Action? (Paramount Pictures 1962)

Dean Martin and Lana try to explain the situation to the nice police officer in 1962's "Who's Got the Action". Lou Valentino Collection

Release Date: December 25,1962

Credited Cast and Crew:

Lana Turner, Dean Martin, Eddie Albert, Walter Matthau

Directed by: Daniel Mann

Writing Credits: Alexander Rose (novel), Jack Rose

Produced by: Jack Rose

Original Music by: George Duning

Cinematography by: Joseph Ruttenburg

Synopsis: Trouble is a brewin' when writer Melanie flood discovers that her husband has a gambling addiction.

My Review: Well not very well remembered today, Who's Got the Action is a wonderful showcase for Lana's often unrealized comedic talents. She and Dean Martin have great chemistry together but it truly is Lana who makes the viewer laugh with her comedic timing (she even faints on the ground in one scene, very reminiscent of Ziegfeld Girl). The plot is very similar to an episode of I Love Lucy, with the wife coming up with plots and schemes in order to protect her husband. Big credit, where credit is due, to an actress by the name of "Margo" who plays Roza, the maid. Keep an eye out for a young Walter Matthau as a bookie.

There is a wonderful running gag in the film with people racing for the phone (including a scene where the phone rings in the middle of the night and Lana and Dean both race for it, falling out of bed), that had me in stitches.

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Lana in the tub in 1962's "Who's Got the Action?"    Dean Marting soothing Lana's migrane in 1962's "Who's Got the Action?".    Dean Martin has no interest in Lana whatsoever in 1962's "Who's Got the Action?".    Dean Martin could care less as to who Lana is talking to in 1962's "Who's Got the Action?".   

 

 

 

 

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