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Pal Joey

1957Movie1 h 51 minNR1 award

75

GreatGoodWatch score

75

GreatGoodWatch score

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Summary

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

Good for

Date night
Friends night
Comfort watch

Where to watch

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Fingerprint

Gives you goosebumps.
Makes you fall for them.
Feels like real life.

Not for scares, brutality or big ideas.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+26)
Critics 89Audiences 63GoodWatch 76
Tomatometer89%
IMDb6.6
Letterboxd · 4 K ratings3.1/5
Audience score60%
Box office
2.3×its budget
Budget
$3 M
Worldwide
$7 M
Worldwide it earned $4 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 51 min
A typical length for music movies, +5 min on the typical 106
typical 106111
Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 68 more
Released
1957
October 25, 1957
69 years ago
Genres
MusicRomanceComedy
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Golden Globe Awards1957
- Best Actor, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1957Won
Academy Awards1958
- Costume Design1958Nominated
- Film Editing1958Nominated
- Production Design1958Nominated
- Sound1958Nominated
- Sound Recording1958Nominated
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityModerate
Dark themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchComfort WatchPure Escapism
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
and 12 more
19 people
Directing · 2
George Sidney Director
Arthur S. Black Jr. Assistant Director
Writing · 5
Lorenz Hart Writer, Lyricist
Dorothy Kingsley Screenplay
John O'Hara Novel
George Abbott Musical
John O'Hara Book
Production · 1
Fred Kohlmar Producer
Camera · 2
Harold Lipstein Director of Photography
Henri Jaffa Other
Editing · 2
Jerome Thoms Editor
Viola Lawrence Editor
Sound · 8
Richard Rodgers Songs, Original Music Composer, Music
George Duning Other
Morris Stoloff Music Supervisor, Conductor
Franklin Hansen Sound
Fred Karger Music Consultant
Nelson Riddle Other, Music Arranger
Art · 3
Louis Diage Set Decoration
William Kiernan Set Decoration
Walter Holscher Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 4
Jean Louis Costume Design
Helen Hunt Hairstylist
Robert J. Schiffer Makeup Artist
Ben Lane Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
Hermes Pan Choreographer

Tropes

Light Feminine and Dark Femininein 364 titlesVera is a former stripper and an example of All Women Are Lustful who is perfectly ok with keeping Joey around as her boy toy.All 20 tropes

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