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The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Frank Tashlin and produced by Martin Melcher and Everett Freeman.

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On Blu-ray: Doris Day and Rod Taylor in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

By KC on May 14, 2019 From Classic Movies

I wrote this review days before the legendary Doris Day passed on. It is in a way a tribute to her charm and talent, because every word I've ever written about her has been a tribute. She was the living embodiment of sunshine and so phenomenally talented. Produced in the last decade of Doris Day... Read full article


TV/Movie Set - The Glass Bottom Boat ( 1966 ) (1)

By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 8, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Spy fever was in full heat in the mid-1960s, what with the success of James Bond in the theatres and television shows such as Mission Impossible and The Man from UNCLE. It's no wonder then that even Doris Day was thrust into a spy adventure. In 1966 Universal Pictures cast her and Rod Taylor in a fi... Read full article


TV/Movie Set - The Glass Bottom Boat ( 1966 ) (2)

By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 8, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Spy fever was in full heat in the mid-1960s, what with the success of James Bond in the theatres and television shows such as Mission Impossible and The Man from UNCLE. It's no wonder then that even Doris Day was thrust into a spy adventure. In 1966 Universal Pictures cast her and Rod Taylor in a fi... Read full article


TV/Movie Set - The Glass Bottom Boat ( 1966 ) (3)

By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 8, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Spy fever was in full heat in the mid-1960s, what with the success of James Bond in the theatres and television shows such as Mission Impossible and The Man from UNCLE. It's no wonder then that even Doris Day was thrust into a spy adventure. In 1966 Universal Pictures cast her and Rod Taylor in a fi... Read full article


The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

By Lindsey on Mar 26, 2012 From The Motion Pictures

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966): 4/5 Doris Day and Rod Taylor star in this space age romantic comedy. Taylor is Bruce Templeton, an aerospace researcher. Day is Jennifer Nelson, a part-time “mermaid” and NASA employee who catches Bruce’s eye. The two meet while she’s on the job ... Read full article


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Edgar Hill: I want to talk to you a minute. Those phone calls, there is no question about it. She's an agent, operating for the...
Bruce Templeton: She's no more an agent than you are! And if you're the best the CIA can come up with, this country is in big trouble!
Edgar Hill: Now look here! We'll have to detain her.
Bruce Templeton: Mrs Nelson can leave here whenever she wishes!
Edgar Hill: What's that noise?
Bruce Templeton: What? Oh, well I locked her in the closet.


Jennifer Nelson: Hey! What in heavens name do you think you're doing?
Bruce Templeton: You talkin' to me?
Jennifer Nelson: Yes I'm talking to you! That's my suit on your line!
Bruce Templeton: Oh I'm sorry... that's a funny looking suit.
Jennifer Nelson: It's my mermaid tail. and would you please throw it back?
Bruce Templeton: Well it's kind of difficult. it's all tangled. Why don't you come aboard, and I'll untangle it for you
Jennifer Nelson: Well THAT's a little difficult too, since I'm BOTTOMLESS!


Jennifer Nelson: The recognition signal is: "Vladimir Sent Me". Over!


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Not only does Robert "Napoleon Solo" Vaughn cameo at the party, but there is a snatch of the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." theme heard on the soundtrack when Paul Lynde goes undercover in drag.
Robert Vaughn:  man at the party
Alice Pearce and George Tobias appear as a married couple. They were also husband and wife in Bewitched (1964).
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