Send Me No Flowers (1964)

When a hypochondriac (Rock Hudson) mistakenly thinks he's dying from a fatal heart condition, he attempts to find a new husband for his wife (Doris Day) before he passes on. Based on the 1960 Broadway play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore and directed by Norman Jewison (MOONSTRUCK). After plumbing the sophisticated Manhattan business and social circles in PILLOW TALK and LOVER COME BACK, Day and Hudson (along with their co-star Tony Randall) move to the suburbs here.While not as glamorous as their prior offerings, there's a pleasant laid back charm to the proceedings even if they're treading sitcom territory here. Hudson's deft performance, in particular, shows why he was the light comedy King during the 1960s. Jewison could have pushed the farcical elements a little further and there's some of that in some of the supporting performances, notably Paul Lynde as an eager beaver director of a funeral home. The catchy title song sung by Day was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David although Frank De Vol's underscore is the very definition of Mickey Mouse scoring. With Clint Walker, Patricia Barry, Edward Andrews and Hal March.