Marriage on the Rocks

Director: Jack Donohue Jack Donohue

Overview

Married couple Frank Sinatra and his wife Deborah Kerr embark upon a Mexican vacation to heal their troubled marriage and end up divorced by ambulance-chaser lawyer Cesar Romero in this romantic comedy. The two plan to remarry, but a business crisis at work forces Sinatra back to the states before the wedding. Meanwhile, his best friend Dean Martin shows up to keep Kerr company and thanks again to Romero, the two are married creating all sorts of trouble for Sinatra and Kerr.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/25/2019
UPC:	0883929689996
Original Release:	1965
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:49:00
Sales rank:	46,205

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Frank Sinatra	Dan Edwards,Tracy Edwards
Deborah Kerr	Valerie Edwards
Dean Martin	Ernie Brewer
Cesar Romero	Miguel Santos
Hermione Baddeley	Jeannie MacPherson
Tony Bill	Jim Blake
John McGiver	Shad Nathan
Davey Davison	Lisa Sterling
Michael Petit	David Edwards
Trini Lopez	Himself
Joi Lansing	Lola
Tara Ashton	Bunny
Kathleen Freeman	Miss Blight
Flip Mark	Rollo
DeForest Kelley	Mr. Turner
Sigrid Valdis	Kitty
Byron Foulger	Mr. Bruno
Parley Baer	Dr. Newman
Reta Shaw	Saleslady at Saks
Nacho Galindo	Mayor
Hedley Mattingly	Mr. Smythe
Darlene Lucht	Bunny

Technical Credits

William H. Daniels	Producer
Jack Donohue	Director

Editorial Reviews

Watching Marriage on the Rocks, one wonders why Frank Sinatra bothered taking on this project, a question one asks when viewing many 1960s Sinatra films. The actor clearly has no interest in Marriage, other than perhaps a paycheck; while it's true that the part itself is no great shakes, Sinatra could at least try to find the energy to make something of the part. Instead, he drifts lazily through the film, turning in one of his most boring and unaccomplished performances, and hurting a film that already needed a considerable degree of help. Not surprisingly, there's no chemistry between him and Deborah Kerr, who at least attempts to do something with her character. Kerr is fine, but she's not really a natural for this kind of film, unlike Dean Martin, who gives Marriage almost all the life it has. Martin clearly is enjoying himself, and his joy is infectious. It's not great acting, but it's precisely the kind of performing that is needed to get Marriage off the ground and keep it spinning. He can't make the script's contrived, convoluted plotting believable or cause the flat dialogue to sparkle, but he does make things lively.