Tall Story

Director: Joshua Logan Joshua Logan

Overview

In this romantic comedy, a young basketball star proposes to a tall and intelligent coed while attending Custer College. She accepts, and he begins to worry about how they will get the money they need to survive. He then finds himself tempted to take a gambler's bribe and throw the game during an upcoming match with a Russian team. The weight of his decision affects his studies, causing him to fail a major test. As a result, he nearly misses the big game. Jane Fonda made her debut in this film.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/16/2012
UPC:	0883316448861
Original Release:	1960
Source:	Warner Archives
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	30,795

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anthony Perkins	Ray Blent
Jane Fonda	June Ryder
Ray Walston	Professor Leo Sullivan
Marc Connelly	Professor Charles Osman
Anne Jackson	Myra Sullivan
Murray Hamilton	Coach Hardy
Bob Wright	President Nagel,President Nagel
Bart Burns	DA Davis
Karl Lukas	1st DA Man
Elizabeth Patterson	Connie
Tom Laughlin	Fred Jensen
Barbara Darrow	Frieda Jensen
Gary Lockwood	Actor
Van Williams	Young Man in Shower (uncredited)
Bobby Patterson	Actor
Philip Phillips	Albert Solomon Sullivan (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson	Debbie Sullivan (uncredited)
Rick Allen	Joel Sullivan (uncredited)

Technical Credits

Joshua Logan

Producer,Director

Editorial Reviews

Those who know Jane Fonda only from films such as Julia or Klute will be surprised by her performance in her debut film, Tall Story. Playing a woman attending college for no purpose other than to get her MRS degree, she is the antithesis of the independent liberated woman with which she is commonly identified. It's a love of a performance, and it goes a long way to making this Doris Day-ish piece of romantic comedy fluff enjoyable. Anthony Perkins also helps matters tremendously with a charming performance that emphasizes his endearing, boyish qualities and allows him to have quite a bit of fun along the way. Unfortunately, all their youthful talent and eagerness can't disguise the fact that Tall Story has a terribly weak screenplay, filled with stock characters and situations and a plot that feels cribbed from numerous sources. Joshua Logan's stolid and formuliac direction does not appreciably help matters, but the stars -- and the solid supporting cast -- do manage to make this a moderately enjoyable trifle.

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler