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The Man From the Diner's Club. Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk (Danny Kaye) is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers and an upcoming wedding.
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Directed By: Frank Tashlin. In Theaters: Apr 17, 1963....
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The Man from the Diners' Club: Directed by Frank Tashlin. With Danny Kaye, Cara Williams, Martha Hyer, Telly Savalas. An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job.
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- Comedy
- Frank Tashlin
- 1963-05-20
When Kaye's Ernest Klenk accidentally approves a Diners Club application for a notorious crime boss, Ronald "Foots" Pulardos, Ernie heads out to try to snatch the card before the man can use it. While this is going on, Ernie is due to marry Lucy (played by Martha Hyer) the next day.
Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads to a big mistake -- the accidental approval of a credit card for mobster Foots Pulardos, who is planning to flee to Mexico with his girlfriend, Sugar Pye, to avoid criminal charges.
Directed By: Frank Tashlin. In Theaters: Apr 17, 1963. Streaming: Apr 16, 2012. Columbia Pictures, Dena Productions, Ampersand Productions. Do you think we mischaracterized a critic's review?...
The Man from the Diners' Club is a 1963 comedy film starring Danny Kaye and directed by Frank Tashlin. It was made by Ampersand and Dena Productions and released by Columbia Pictures.
Review by Katrina B 🐈 ★★★ A Jerry Lewis-style gangster comedy (based on a Bob Hope bit) with some technophobia sprinkled in, except Danny Kaye is the lead— a guy who must insert himself into a crime boss’s life in order to steal a credit card that he accidentally approved.