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Coffee, Tea or Me? (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Coffee, Tea or Me?' is a 1973 American TV film based on the book of the same name. It was directed by Norman Panama.
Plot
An airline flight attendant juggles husbands in different cities.
Cast
*Karen Valentine as Carol Burnham-Byrnes
*John Davidson as Dennis Burnham
*Michael Anderson Jr. as Tommy Byrnes
*Louise Lasser as Susan Edmonds
*Lou Jacobi as Waiter
*Erica Hagen as Lisa Benton
*George Coulouris as Doctor
*Nora Marlowe as Mrs Fitzgerald
*Kenneth Tobey as Captain
*James Sikking as Businessman
Production
Film rights to the book were once owned by Robert Aldrich who bought them in 1968.
Aldrich wanted to make it under a deal he had with ABC Pictures. He had a script done by Theodore Flicker which he described as "very funny, very dirty" about a stewardess who tries to lose her virginity. "We took the Doris Day formula of all those successful 'Pillow Talk' comedies and inverted it", said Aldrich. However ABC did not want to make it. "Nobody likes our script of it except me", said Aldrich.
When Aldrich's option lapsed it was picked up by CBS who made it as a TV movie which used the plot of 'The Captain's Paradise' (1953). "It's not all that naughty", said star Karen Valentine. "It's done in the best possible taste."
Reception
The 'Los Angeles Times' praised the acting but criticised the "creaky material".
However the ratings "went through the roof" when the show aired.
References
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