Tall Story (1960)

movie

(1243)

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Sport
Release: 1960-04-06
Director: Joshua Logan
Writers: Julius J. Epstein , Howard Lindsay , Russel Crouse , Howard Nemerov
Language: English | Russian | Yiddish
Stars: Anthony Perkins , Jane Fonda , Ray Walston , Marc Connelly , Anne Jackson , Murray Hamilton (I) (1923–1986) , Bob Wright , Bart Burns , Karl Lukas , Elizabeth Patterson
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Oi gynaikes trellainontai gia tous psilous (Greece) , Tall Story (United Kingdom) , Большая история , Tall Story (United States of America) , The Way the Ball Bounces (United States of America) , Até os Fortes Vacilam (Brazil) , Uzun hikâye (Turkey) , Garota apimentada (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Je länger, je lieber , Tall Story , Nevasta baschetbalistului (Romania) , Me casaré contigo (Spain) , In punta di piedi (Italy) , La tête à l'envers (Canada) , のっぽ物語 (Japan) , La tête à l'envers (France, French Republic) , Duby smalone (Poland) , Poveste exagerată (Romania) , Tytöt pitävät pitkistä pojista (Finland) , Flickor gillar långa killar (Sweden) , Juego de amor (Mexico) , Une gamine qui voit grand (Belgium) , Tall Story (Canada) , Tall Story (Australia) , June elsker høje mænd (Denmark)
Plot: June Ryder is a new student at Custer College, which is most renowned for its boys basketball team, although it also has a high academic standing that can rival that of any of the more famous colleges on the west coast. June's reason for being there: to become a "Mrs.", most specifically Mrs. Ray Blent, he a science major and the star player on the basketball team. Ray is not naturally gifted as a basketball player, but uses science to be able to figure out how to play the perfect game. Ray's interest in basketball is just a byproduct of his primary interest in the sciences and learning in general. June doesn't care who knows what she's doing except Ray. All of June's activities at the college are in this singular goal, which first entails Ray even noticing her and knowing who she is. She discovers that the way to do it is not through the traditional means of the beauty parlor or the kitchen, but rather the classroom. Three people who do know what June is up to are new Ethics professor Leo Sullivan, his wife Myra Sullivan, and longtime General Sciences professor Charles Osman, the professors who don't much like but accept that June is using their classrooms as a matrimonial service. June's ploy does eventually get Ray to notice her as a woman. But a happy ending for Ray and Ray with June are in jeopardy when he receives anonymous bribes to throw an upcoming important game against a visiting team from Russia, the Sputniks. Ethical and academically bright Ray, who is a schnook when it comes to street smarts, has to decide what to do, his plan which inadvertently involves Professor Sullivan, who in the process becomes the most despised man on campus.
IMDB:tt0054367