That Touch of Mink

That Touch of Mink
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Delbert Mann
Produced by	Robert Arthur Martin Melcher Stanley Shapiro Edward Muhl (uncredited)
Written by	Stanley Shapiro Nate Monaster
Starring	Doris Day Cary Grant
Music by	George Duning
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	June 14, 1962 (1962-06-14)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

That Touch of Mink is a 1962 romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day. The film co-stars Gig Young, John Astin, Audrey Meadows, and Dick Sargent. In addition, baseball stars Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra make cameo appearances.

Plot

Cathy Timberlake, a New York City career woman, meets the man of her dreams, Philip Shayne, in an unusual way. His Rolls Royce splashes her dress with mud while she is on her way to a job interview.

The wealthy, suave Philip and the virginal Cathy are at cross purposes. He just wants an affair, while she is holding out for marriage. Watching from the sidelines are Philip's conflicted assistant, Roger, who is guilt-ridden and seeing a therapist for helping his boss with his numerous conquests, and Cathy's cynical friend, Connie Emerson, who knows just what Philip is after.

Cary Grant as Philip Shayne and Doris Day as Cathy Timberlake

Philip wines and dines Cathy. He even takes her to see the New York Yankees play. They watch from an unusual vantage point, the Yankees dugout (he owns part of the team). Cathy's complaints about the umpire while seated alongside Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Yogi Berra (all playing themselves), cause ump Art Passarella to throw all of them out of the game.

Philip's conscience weighs on him, so he withdraws an invitation to Bermuda, which only serves to make Cathy succumb and agree to go. This implicitly consents to intimacy. But conveniently or not (depending on one's perspective), she comes down with a possibly psychosomatic rash, much to her embarrassment and his frustration.

The Bermuda trip is repeated due to Cathy's determination to give it a second try, but this time she drinks to soothe her nerves and ends up tipsy. Cathy makes a complete fool of herself, eventually falling out of the window onto an awning below. Cathy's humiliation is rendered complete as she is carried in her pajamas through the crowded hotel lobby.

At the urging of Roger and Connie, now convinced that Philip is in love with her, Cathy goes on a date with the sleazy Beasley to make her true love jealous. Her plan succeeds and they do get married. Ironically, on their honeymoon, he breaks out in a rash.

That Touch of Mink was Grant's last role as the suave pursuer of the young female lead. Although in his next role he had a tryst with Audrey Hepburn in Charade (1963), she was the pursuer per Grant's request, because of the 25-year age difference.

Cast

• Cary Grant as Philip Shayne
• Doris Day as Cathy Timberlake
• Gig Young as Roger
• Audrey Meadows as Connie
• John Astin as Beasley
• Yogi Berra as Himself
• Mickey Mantle as Himself
• Roger Maris as Himself

Awards

• Nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Art Direction (Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo), Best Sound (Waldon O. Watson) & Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen.
• Won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Picture and Cary Grant was nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy.
• Won the Golden Laurel for Top Comedy, while Doris Day won for Top Female Comedy Performance, Cary Grant for Top Male Comedy Performance and Gig Young for Top Male Supporting Performance.
• Won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy.

External links

• That Touch of Mink at the Internet Movie Database
• That Touch of Mink at AllRovi
• That Touch of Mink at the TCM Movie Database
• Historic reviews, photo gallery at CaryGrant.net