Sunday In New York (1964)

A young girl (Jane Fonda, looking delectable) arrives unannounced in New York City to stay with her airline pilot brother (Cliff Robertson) after breaking up with her boyfriend (Robert Culp). This puts a crimp in the love life of her Lothario brother who has one set of rules for himself and one for his sister. When she meets a handsome stranger (Rod Taylor) on a bus, a series of misunderstandings and mix ups leads them all on a farcical 24 hours. Based on a hit Broadway comedy (with Robert Redford in Robertson's role) written by Norman Krasna, who did the screenplay, this is a delightful romantic comedy with the three leads in tiptop comedic form. Oh, it's nothing fresh, really. The usual virtuous maiden holding onto her virginity romcom so popular in the 1960s but so expertly played that it becomes irresistible. Curiously, the film dances around the term "virgin" although it had been spoken aloud 11 years earlier in THE MOON IS BLUE, a film this resembles quite closely. Peter Tewksbury directed. The swinging 60s jazz score is by the pianist Peter Nero and the terrific title song is swung by the great Mel Torme. With the radiant Jo Morrow as Robertson's put upon girlfriend, Jim Backus and Jim Hutton.