Pillow Talk

1959 Directed by Michael Gordon

...It's What Goes On When The Lights Go Off!

A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.

Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Thelma Ritter Nick Adams Marcel Dalio Julia Meade Allen Jenkins Lee Patrick Perry Blackwell Hayden Rorke Robert Williams William Schallert Valerie Allen Mary McCarty Alex Gerry Leoda Richards Harry Tyler Arlen Stuart William H. O'Brien Franklyn Farnum

Alternative Titles

Confidências à Meia-Noite, Bettgefluester - Pillow Talk, Confidencias de medianoche, Pizsamajáték, Conversa de travesseiro, Интимный разговор

comedy romance

102 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim ★★★★ 2

me: the gender politics are problematic! they use low-key rapey comedic gags!
also me: rock hudson can break me in half 😩
tbh despite some very outdated elements, this is so charming, u can’t make me *not* fall for a movie in which rock hudson (pretending to be a texan in new york) tells doris day, “you done did a terrible thing to me...you made me glad i ain’t in texas.” reminds me of another texan boy in new york!! 🤠❤️
35mm. Metrograph.
Review by sarah 🌙 ★★★½

It's always fun to see what films do with their newfound freedom as the censorship code got more and more lax, and late 1950s films are so fascinating in the ways they explored sex and other previously censored themes. (Unfortunately, it also allowed way more obvious homophobia to creep in, as seen in this film.)
Pillow Talk is silly, but it's just so much pure FUN that I didn't even care. Rock Hudson and Doris Day are two of the most charismatic Classic Hollywood actors, and I had a great time watching them on screen for 100 minutes.
3.6/5
Review by Sara ★★★★

I knew I'd enjoy this once the intro music started playing. It's a cheesy love-hate romance comedy that works and deserves its title as one of the best classic comedies from the 1950s.
Rock Hudson and Doris Day are an iconic duo that really work well together. Day's comedic timing mixed with Hudson's charm really lights up this blandly set Cinemascope feature (but Day's apartment is to die for). The manner in which they discussed sex, pushed the censors and was way ahead of its time.
This is definitely a feel-good movie that I'll revisit on dull, rainy days.

2017 Queer Films Challenge.
Week 46: A film starring closeted film actor Rock Hudson.
Review by Jonathan White ★★★★

Like many others tonight on LB, celebrating Doris Day’s life and passing, I watched one of her most iconic, Pillow Talk.
I hadn’t seen it before, in fact, I’ve only recently watched Calamity Jane, which was a complete romp, and ‘think’ I might have seen parts of The Glass Bottom Boat on TV when I was a kid. What I remember Doris Day from, when I was growing up, was her prime time TV show that ran 6 seasons from the late ‘60’s to the early ‘70’s. The Doris Day show was really the prototype of The Mary Tyler Moore show. Everyone loved Doris Martin the same way they loved Mary Richards … from afar.
Before the sex comedy had…
Review by ~findlay🔮🔪 ★★★

i always forget theres a subplot to Pillow Talk where a doctor and a nurse are convinced Rock Hudson is a woman?????????
Review by Pippin ★★★★

While watching this movie I stopped feeling so sick and could finally breathe through my nose again! I'm not saying that Pillow Talk cured me of my cold, but Pillow Talk definitely cured me.
Holds up amazingly on rewatch, and my heart filled with joy. This is easily one of my favorite romantic comedies ever. If you just look at the plot it might not seem wholesome, but believe me it is! If your heart isn't filled with love and joy while watching this, I don't know if I can trust you.
Why can't I have a party line and have someone fall in love with me? I love technology, but it has robbed me of experiences!

Recent reviews

Review by Danny JP 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 ★★★½

As Rock Hudson & Doris Day flicks go, I actually preferred Send Me No Flowers, though Pillow Talk has its own charms too (though the incessant title theme song is not amongst them, will I ever know peace again? The song has been in my head all day). The comedy of errors section is the best part of the film; once the secret is revealed it feels like the film is treading water until the last few minutes. A super sexy bath tub mirror image scene which shows just about as much as can be shown in a PG/innuendo-laden film is worth watching the whole film for. Mr Hudson sure was a fine looking man.
Review by Joey Lee ★★★★

This is definitely the best version of this type of movie, but it's really quite well done as long as you know what you're going in for. It's actually better than Peyton Reed's tribute to these type of Doris Day comedies and this one specifically, Down with Love. It's certainly better paced and nearly as raunchy. I was particularly impressed with an extended gag revolving around the telephone inspector coming over to inspect Rock Hudson's Brad after Doris Day's Jan complains to the phone company that Brad is tying up their party line day and night singing love ballads to various lovers.
Rock Hudson is quite funny in this! It seems unfair that the same man can be so handsome…
Review by CatherineShort ★★★

My familiarity with this loopy romantic comedy came from the pastiche film Down with Love (2003) which takes inspiration from the three Doris Day/Rock Hudson collaborations. Because of my love of that film, which manages to playfully mock the tropes of it’s genre as well as deriving pure joy out of them, I was very excited to watch the basis for this uniquely entertaining piece of genius. In watching the film I found it remarkably easy to get lost in the world that the film sets up but it also lacked the humor of it’s spoof which was disappointing when considering the fact that Day is giving a committed, charming performance. I would still recommend that people watch this film…
Review by Sameer Volvoicar ★★★½

Definitely problematic today but, gosh darn it, so incredibly charming and funny to boot.
Review by kmeaston ★★★

It's a light and fluffy confection of a film, but ultimately it doesn't really have much impact on the modern audience.
Review by Cody Workman ★★★★

Just terrific
Review by James Werner ★★½

*ROMANTIC COMEDY*
So long. Looks fabulous though. Rock is a dick but when he pouts you can't help but "aww." If anything this movie shows you how much sympathy you give attractive people.
*Sccreeeeeeeend*
Review by Ryan Edgington

Picturehouse Greenwich / DCP
Review by emmyinwards ★★

Best part was just seeing Rock Hudson’s face