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Plot

Viewers know they're in a 1959 comedy film early in the proceedings of Ask Any Girl, when secretary Shirley MacLaine is advised by her new supervisor Jim Backus to wear a sweater "a size too small." But she is a good girl: like Doris Day, she won't offer any carnal favors unless a wedding ring is part of the bargain. She targets irresponsible CEO Gig Young for matrimony, asking Young's sober-sided older brother David Niven to help her out. The highlight of Ask Any Girl is Shirley MacLaine's extended drunk scene in the club car of a commuter train. The film was based on a satirical novel by Winifred Wolfe.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
101min.
Director(s):
Themes:
Workplace Romance
Tone:
Bright,Satirical,Wry
Keywords:
business,deception,drug-bust,drug-smuggler,employer/employee,family,killing,love,marriage,mud-wrestling,playboy,research,romance,secretary,sex,women's-prison