Panic Button (1964 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | George Sherman Giuliano Carnimeo |
Written by | Hal Biller Morton Friedman |
Starring | Maurice Chevalier Eleanor Parker Jayne Mansfield |
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Running time | 90 mins |
Country | Italy |
Languages | English Italian |
Panic Button is a 1964 low-budget Italian-produced comedy film starring, Maurice Chevalier, Eleanor Parker, Jayne Mansfield, and Mike Connors.[1] Filmed in the summer of 1962, in Italy, and released nearly two years later, the film tells the story of how a washed-up actor (Chevalier) and a buxom unknown (Mansfield) are chosen to co-star in a television production of Romeo and Juliet. The picture is known for being one of several foreign films Mansfield was forced to make after her contract was dropped from 20th Century Fox in 1962.
Cast
[edit]- Maurice Chevalier as Philippe Fontaine
- Eleanor Parker as Louise Harris
- Jayne Mansfield as Angela
- Mike Connors as Frank Pagano (billed as: Michael Connors)
- Akim Tamiroff as Pandowski
- Carlo Croccolo as Guido
Releases
[edit]The film was opened to a brief release in Italy in 1962, and was officially released in the United States in April 1964. At most theaters, Panic Button served as a secondary feature and not a success.
References
[edit]- ^ "Panic Button". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
External links
[edit]- Panic Button at IMDb
Categories:
- 1964 films
- Films directed by George Sherman
- Films directed by Giuliano Carnimeo
- Italian comedy films
- 1964 comedy films
- 1960s Italian-language films
- English-language Italian films
- 1960s English-language films
- 1960s multilingual films
- Italian multilingual films
- 1960s Italian films
- 1960s Italian comedy film stubs