kijii This is a great madcap movie of the mid-60s with a film score by Quincy Jones and that music that was so typical of the period. It is Cary Grant's very last movie, and it took me about 10 minutes to realize that it was really a remake of the 1943 George Steven's movie, The More the Merrier (1943). Rarely--maybe never--have I ever said that the remake of a movie was better than the original. However, here is where I will plant the exception to my own long-standing rule. While The More the Merrier (1943) was a great movie, for me, Walk Don't Run (1966) is much better. Why? Because I clearly remember the Zeitgeist of the 60s.If you take the overcrowded city of Washington, D.C. in 1943 and replace it with the overcrowded city of Tokyo during the 1964 Olympics, it changes the setting and the time and place. Then replace: Charles Cobrun with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur with Samantha Eggar, Joel McCrea with Jim Hutton, and, black and white for color, you start to see the movie develop in a sort of familiar way. However, the 1966 movie is more cleaver for me since I was born in the early 40s, and clearly remember the "times" of the mid 60s. The 60s were a period of cold war alliances and a modern Japan emerging and blending with the West. AND spies--spy movies were everywhere, TV, movies, songs, everywhere. This spy motif all started with the first James Bond movie and only grew and grew to comedies, etc. So, if there were Russians with Americans in Japan's Olympics there had to be some mention of spies--if only in jest. But, the best part of this madcap comedy, for me, was Cary Grant spoofing his OWN movie career---from madcap movies to romantic movies. It really helps you understand this movie if you have seen all the Cary Grant movies: --When he is in the bathroom he is singing An Affair to Remember --From time to time he hums the theme from Charade. --There are probably other references to his movies in this in this movie, but one has to pick them up as the movie progresses. Beyond all that, this is just a funny movie. Watch it if you like mid-60s madcap comedies. Watch it if you the like the romantic comedies of Cary Grant. Or, just watch it if you like good humor which would have been topical to the time at which it was made. Here, Cary Grant, while playing matchmaker to Samantha Eggar (English) and Jim Hutton (American), goes out of the movies with a bang rather than a whimper. I still find it almost impossible that Grant NEVER won an Best Acting Oscar somewhere... P.S. If you don't understand where the movie got its name, wait and watch what event Jim Hutton competed in during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

atlasmb Back in the sixties, there were many of these cute romantic comedies that were stuck in a time warp--still dealing with sexual mores that were prevalent in the thirties. Few of them rose above the sappy conventions of the genre. Neil Simon was a notable exception.Run Don't Walk has a few comic moments, mostly attributable to Cary Grant. Frankly, Samantha Eggar is not an inspiring actress here. And Jim Hutton is a straight man by temperament. If there is passion passing between the two, the camera did not pick it up.Watch 1943's The More the Merrier instead. It is the precursor to RDW and shows how it should be done. It stars the funny and desirable Jean Arthur, the witty and dapper Joel McCrea, and the delightful Charles Coburn.One reviewer wrote that Cary Grant quit films after making RDW because he felt he could not handle the leading man roles anymore. That may be. TCM's explanation is that Cary and Dyan Cannon celebrated the birth of their daughter about this time, so Cary retired so he could spend time with his daughter. A pleasant alternative.RDW is filmed in Japan. That is an interesting aspect of the film. Watch this film for its cuteness, but watch The More the Merrier if you want a comedy with cleverness and more magnetism on screen.

sunnysusan12 While this re-make of the 1943 film "The More the Merrier" starred my favorite heart-throb Cary Grant in his final screen role, I have to say that his performance in said movie was about the only thing that made it an enjoyable watch. One viewing was enough. It was too...60's formulaic romantic comedy movie-style...Exceedingly dated. It was interesting to see the setting of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and it was a delightful surprise to see George Takei unexpectedly in a small role, but aside from some amusing acrobatics on Grant's part & some cute scenes of his interactions with a pair of local kids, catch it on late-night re-runs if you like but I wouldn't shell out money to see it.

DKosty123 Cary Grant's last film is in many ways a typical Grant performance. He does light romantic comedy in this 1 more time. The supporting cast is OK with the late Jim Hutton being the most talented.The film itself is amusing but kind of rough around it's edges. I am not sure why, but the pace of this film doesn't feel entirely right. Maybe it has to do with Grants advancing age or maybe the Director was trying something new which just doesn't work all the time.Whatever it is, the chemistry between the actors & actresses suffer & it shows in the film. Granted, this is not supposed to be art though this role for Grant is pretty much typical of his other films. There are a few decent laughs in this one & if you like Cary Grant, enough here to watch.Don't mistake it with his classic work like in the film North By NorthWest. Call this one way far east.