A Guide For The Married Man (1967)

A married man (Walter Matthau) gets restless in his marriage and his thoughts turn to other women. His satyr of a neighbor (Robert Morse) acts as his mentor and takes him through a series of cautionary tales on the dos and don'ts of cheating on your wife. Based on the novel by Frank Tarloff and directed by Gene Kelly (HELLO DOLLY!). An hour and a half of comedy skits on adultery can get old pretty fast. The tales are actually the best part of the film and performed by a series of cameos by the likes of Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Jayne Mansfield, Jeffrey Hunter, Phil Silvers, Sid Caesar, Polly Bergen and Terry Thomas among others. It's pretty much a time capsule of its era, the mid 1960s, in its morality and its leering attitude toward all things sexual. The film's biggest mystery is why would anyone want to cheat on Inger Stevens who not only looks terrific in a bikini but can cook and do windows, too! As the director, Gene Kelly acts as traffic cop and there's a swinging 60s score by a pre-John Johnny Williams. The large cast includes Sue Ane Langdon, Claire Kelly, Wally Cox, Joey Bishop, Linda Harrison, Carl Reiner, Sam Jaffe and Art Carney.