The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (film)
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Directed by | Mickey Rooney Albert Zugsmith |
Produced by | Red Doff |
Written by | Robert Hill |
Starring | Mickey Rooney Mamie Van Doren Martin Milner Mel Tormé Fay Spain Tuesday Weld Cecil Kellaway Paul Anka |
Music by | Van Alexander |
Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
Edited by | Eddie Broussard |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve is a 1960 comedy film starring Mickey Rooney (who also co-directed), and Mamie Van Doren. It is a U.S. B-movie in which the plot revolves around a modern couple who dream that they are Adam and Eve. Others of their acquaintance assume the roles of various characters from the Book of Genesis during the fantasy sequences.
Plot
A bus heading toward Reno, Nevada is being driven by Doc Bayles, whose passengers include a traveling salesman, Hal Sanders, and a runaway teen, Vangie Harper.
Feuding couples begin boarding. A waitress, Evie Simms, wants to go to Reno to divorce her husband Ad, having caught him kissing Lil Lewis, a neighbor. Lil wants a divorce from her own husband, casino boss Nick Lewis, who tries to catch up to the bus in a broken-down car belonging to Pinkie Parker, a beatnik.
A jealous Nick commandeers the bus when Doc briefly gets off and then inadvertently drives Ad off a cliff, nearly killing him. When a raging storm heads everyone's way, they take shelter in a church. Ad and Evie fall asleep and seem to have the same dream, that they are in the original Garden of Eden, facing temptations from the Devil that could affect the future of all mankind.
When they wake up, the storm has passed. The travelers pair off, Ad with Evie, and Lil with Nick, and Vangie with Pinkie, to see where the road takes them next.
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Nick / Satan
- Mamie Van Doren as Evie / Eve
- Martin Milner as Ad / Adam
- Fay Spain as Lil / Lilith
- Cecil Kellaway as Doc
- Mel Torme as Hal
- Tuesday Weld as Vangie
- Paul Anka as Pinkie
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Private Lives of Adam and Eve at IMDb
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