The Seven Year Itch
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.
Critics Sentiment
The Girl stands over the subway grate with her skirt blowing up
Dr Brubaker visits Richard's office to discuss the book
The film jumps dramatically from the mundane office psychiatrist scene to the legendary subway grate sequence that became cinema history.
The Seven Year Itch builds steadily through Richard's mounting temptation, peaking with Monroe's iconic subway scene that reviewers universally praised as legendary. While critics found Tom Ewell occasionally annoying and the adaptation somewhat constrained by censorship, Monroe's charm and several brilliant comedic sequences sustain the film's appeal.
Full cast
Marilyn Monroe
The Girl
Tom Ewell
Richard Sherman
Evelyn Keyes
Helen Sherman
Sonny Tufts
Tom MacKenzie
Robert Strauss
M. Kruhulik
Oskar Homolka
Dr. Brubaker
Marguerite Chapman
Miss Morris
Victor Moore
Plumber
Donald MacBride
M. Brady
Carolyn Jones
Miss Finch
Dolores Rosedale
Elaine
Kathleen Freeman
Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Doro Merande
Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Indian (uncredited)
Tom Nolan
Ricky Sherman (uncredited)
Ralph Littlefield
Man at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Dorothy Ford
Indian Girl / Tall Beauty at Train Station (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Steven Benson
Kid at Train Station (uncredited)
Crew
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