Fremde Bettgesellen (1965)

Fremde Bettgesellen: Directed by Melvin Frank. With Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young, Edward Judd. Carter meets Toni and impulsively marries her to find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later on the eve before their divorce they meet again and spend the night together.

“Rock Hudson had a few laughs at our expense, and noticing them is the best part of u0026quot;Strange Bedfellows,u0026quot; a 1965 film directed by Melvin Frank and also starring Gina Lollabrigida and Gig Young. Hudson plays Carter Hansen, an executive about to move up in his company. Heu0026#39;s been separated from his wife Toni (Lollabrigida) for seven years, and heu0026#39;s warned by Young that he has to be a family man if he wants the promotion. However, Toni has just asked for a divorce so she can marry Harry Jones (Edward Judd). Carter refuses to do anything about it; he canu0026#39;t tolerate Toniu0026#39;s activism for every cause. But when they see each other at the divorce lawyeru0026#39;s office, neither can resist the other.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film is just okay – it kind of drags, though the end is quite funny. Someone on this board didnu0026#39;t think Gina Lollabrigida looked good – I thought she was gorgeous here. Whatu0026#39;s interesting is all the gay innuendo; at one point, Carter and Harry wake up in bed together. This isnu0026#39;t the only film Hudson appeared in with this kind of thing — I think he and his various directors got a kick out of it. All of it would have been much funnier with a better script.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnfortunately Hudson and Lollabrigida donu0026#39;t have any chemistry here, and this movie just doesnu0026#39;t have the wonderful spark of the Hudson-Day films or the personality and beauty of u0026quot;Come Septemberu0026quot; since this movie was filmed at Universal and looks it. It comes off as kind of blah.”