With Six You Get Eggroll

Actors:  Doris Day, Brian Keith, Patt Carroll, Barbra Hershey, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, George Carlin
Rating:  7 out of 10, this was Doris’ last film and you can see the years starting to impact but she was still at the top of her game.  I guess she had a lot of personal issues because she never made another film after this which is a real shame.  She plays an appropriately older widow in this one where she meets widower Brian Keith and they embark on a romance and elope.  All of this is to the horror of the very controlling children of each.  I’ve always loved Keith’s understated acting and he shares a great deal of chemistry with Day.  He seems a much more appropriate pairing for Day than her usually “too pretty” leading men.  There is kind of a hand off between acting generations as Barbra Hershey debuts in this movie and reminded me why I had the childhood crush I had on her. The funniest thing about this movie is the comment on the social scene of the late 1960s as Hollywood tries to portray flower power and the hippies.  Jamie Farr and William Christopher, before their MASH days, play hysterically (and unintentionally) funny leaders of a motor cycle gang with psychedelically painted helmets.  George Carlin looking impossibly young also has some funny moments.  Overall just a fun look back into the 1960’s with the iconic actress of that era in her swan song.
MVP:  Keith as Jake Iverson proves a perfect foil and holds his own with Day’s character

Farr and Christopher - I Had to Add this One - Too Funny