05 May 1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
I Married a Woman
What happens to the MOUSE when the CHEESECAKE bites back?
Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake.
Top Billed Cast
George Gobel Marshall "Mickey" Briggs
Diana Dors Janice Blake Briggs
Adolphe Menjou Frederick W. Sutton
Jessie Royce Landis Mrs. Blake
Nita Talbot Miss Anderson
William Redfield Eddie
Stephen Dunne Bob Sanders
John McGiver Girard
Steve Pendleton Photographer
Stanley Adams Cabbie (uncredited)
Suzanne Alexander Camera Girl (uncredited)
Angie Dickinson Actress in a Movie (uncredited)
Bess Flowers Beauty Contest Chaperone (uncredited)
Marilyn Hanold Luxenburg Girl (uncredited)
Cheerio Meredith Mrs. Wilkins (uncredited)
Hal Taggart Office Worker (uncredited)
Charles Tannen Young Cop (uncredited)
Julius Tannen Tim Smith (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey Apartment Resident (uncredited)
John Wayne Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
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