This is a great summer comedy about a man named Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) who sends his family off to the country for the summer while he stays behind in the city to work, and perhaps to enjoy a little bachelor-like freedom for a bit. A sexy blond (Marilyn Monroe) moves into the apartment upstairs, and Sherman's wanting imagination goes into hyper-drive.
The real comedy of the movie is that Ewell spends probably two thirds of the movie talking out loud to himself, basically vocalizing his inner-monologue about everything, especially when he is tempted by "her". Ewell comes off exactly how you would expect someone to with a name like Sherman - a big geek. The audience never really believes he would cheat on his wife, and the back and forth strife he creates with himself is hilarious.
I have only watched the colorized version, so I do not know if anything is gained or lost by watching it in its original format of black and white.
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