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Strangers When We Meet

  • 1960
  • Approved
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs, and Barbara Rush in Strangers When We Meet (1960)
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DramaRomance

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.

  • Director
    • Richard Quine
  • Writer
    • Evan Hunter
  • Stars
    • Kirk Douglas
    • Kim Novak
    • Ernie Kovacs
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Quine
    • Writer
      • Evan Hunter
    • Stars
      • Kirk Douglas
      • Kim Novak
      • Ernie Kovacs
    • 59User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast48

    Kirk Douglas
    Kirk Douglas
    • Larry Coe
    Kim Novak
    Kim Novak
    • Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
    Ernie Kovacs
    Ernie Kovacs
    • Roger Altar
    Barbara Rush
    Barbara Rush
    • Eve Coe
    Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau
    • Felix Anders
    Virginia Bruce
    Virginia Bruce
    • Mrs. Wagner
    Kent Smith
    Kent Smith
    • Stanley Baxter
    Helen Gallagher
    • Betty Anders
    John Bryant
    John Bryant
    • Ken Gault
    Roberta Shore
    Roberta Shore
    • Linda Harder
    Nancy Kovack
    Nancy Kovack
    • Marcia
    Carol Douglas
    • Honey Blonde
    Paul Picerni
    Paul Picerni
    • Arthur Gerandi
    Ernest Sarracino
    Ernest Sarracino
    • Frank Di Labbia
    Harry Jackson
    • Bud Ramsey
    Tom Anthony
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Ruth Batchelor
    • Waitress
    • (uncredited)
    Mark Beckstrom
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard Quine
    • Writer
      • Evan Hunter
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Kim Novak reportedly enjoyed a lot of latitude on the set because she was involved with director Richard Quine and used that latitude to make unsolicited suggestions to various crew members. However, when Novak tried to make suggestions to Kirk Douglas on how he should be acting, he took offense and the result was a chilly relationship between them off-set.
    • Goofs
      When Larry is going in to grocery store he takes a cart and pushes it over to Felix, but when he starts talking to Felix he has no cart and he does not retrieve it when he leaves Felix to enter store.
    • Quotes
      • Larry Coe: You don't think much of women, do you, Felix?
      • Felix Anders: I love them. Every last one of them. But they're all the same. They want romance. There's nothing romantic about the slob they see shaving in his pajamas. You and me, Larry, we're furniture in our own homes. But if we go next door... Next door, we're heroes. A guy like you, works at home, you got plenty of opportunity for going next door.
      • Larry Coe: Sure. I go next door all the time. A lovely lady of 60 lives there. Let's have some coffee, Felix.
      • Felix Anders: Larry, you know what I'm talking about. Romance. The romance seekers. They're everywhere, ready to fall in love at the drop of a hat. Any place you've got a housewife, you've got a potential mistress.
      • Larry Coe: How do you know? You're the guy that doesn't even like a dirty joke.
      • Felix Anders: I'm a realist. Society says, "Felix, you're a one-woman man." I say, "Yes, of course I am." You want to know something, Larry? I'm a liar. So are you. So is everybody.
    • Connections
      Featured in Kim Novak's Vertigo (2025)
    • Soundtracks
      Strangers When We Meet
      Music by George Duning
      Lyrics by Richard Quine
      Performed by chorus over main credits

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    Details

    • Release date
      • June 30, 1960 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kada smo se sreli bili smo stranci
    • Filming locations
      • Romanoff's - 240 S. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bryna Productions
      • Richard Quine Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,170
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 57m(117 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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