Ronald Colman and Vincent Price try comedy here along with Celeste Holm and the results are awkward at best.
The movie is a take-off on the eventual quiz shows of the 1950s.
Colman is perfectly cast as the genius who can't be stumped and Price, of course, is naturally ruthless in his attempt to get Colman off the air. Price brings in Holm in an attempt to get Colman off the track. Problem is that Holm was miscast. She is not ruthless at all and of course she falls for Colman.
Art Linkletter appears as the emcee and falls for Barbara Britton, sister of Colman in the film.
Note briefly that you hear Britton playing some notes on the piano that were from Colman's greatest triumph-"A Tale of Two Cities," in 1935.
The movie is a take-off on the eventual quiz shows of the 1950s.
Colman is perfectly cast as the genius who can't be stumped and Price, of course, is naturally ruthless in his attempt to get Colman off the air. Price brings in Holm in an attempt to get Colman off the track. Problem is that Holm was miscast. She is not ruthless at all and of course she falls for Colman.
Art Linkletter appears as the emcee and falls for Barbara Britton, sister of Colman in the film.
Note briefly that you hear Britton playing some notes on the piano that were from Colman's greatest triumph-"A Tale of Two Cities," in 1935.