A Ticklish Affair (1963) on Netflix
Approved19631h 28mComedyRomance
When Grover's signal lamp sends an SOS, Commander Key Weedon investigates and falls for the boy's widowed mother, Amy, who wants a settled home for her sons.
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Plot summary
Amy Martin, a Navy widow, lives near Halsey Field in San Diego with her three sons, Luke, Alex and Grover, and Grover's imaginary friend Harrigan. Her father-in-law, Captain Martin, and her sister-in-law Tandy would like her to marry again. Grover gets a blinker light from his uncle Simon, an airline pilot, and plays with it until the signal is picked up as an SOS. Commander Key Weedon is sent to investigate and finds the boy behind it. Key takes an interest in Amy and in her sons, and the two begin dating, though Key says he is not the marrying kind. Amy, raised in the Navy, does not want a husband whose postings keep the family moving, and she wants her sons to have a settled life.
Cast
- Eddie Applegateas Yeoman Corker Bell
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- John Brennanas Officer (uncredited)
- Boyd Cabeenas Onlooker (uncredited)
- Bill Couchas Clyde (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Ticklish Affair (1963)
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- A Ticklish Affair was originally intended as a vehicle for Jean Simmons, but contract obligations meant Shirley Jones ended up with the part. Jones, who had just won an Academy Award for Elmer Gantry, wanted serious roles and was instead assigned comedies such as The Courtship of Eddie's Father.
- The U.S. Navy gave the production access to its resources for filming in and around Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California. Scenes were shot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea using operational aircraft, helicopters and a Navy blimp, with serving naval aviator and former child actor Frank Coghlan Jr. as the armed forces liaison.
