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The Grass Is Greener

Play trailer Poster for The Grass Is Greener 1960,  1h 45m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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An English earl (Cary Grant) and his wife (Deborah Kerr) open their stately home to the public, including a Texas oilman (Robert Mitchum).
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Kat Halstead Common Sense Media Nov 11, 2025
4/5
At its core, The Grass Is Greener may be a fairly slight film about a wife whose head is easily turned by a rich suitor, but the flighty, devil-may-care approach to the material very much works in its favor here. Go to Full Review
Penelope Gilliatt Observer (UK) Mar 6, 2024
This blow for England and monogamy, struck by an English husband-and-wife playwriting duo, Hugh and Margaret Williams, did very well... as a stage comedy. In transferring it to the screen the writers have sacrificed nothing of the quality of the original. Go to Full Review
Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine Jul 22, 2019
The lines and situations are of such majestic ineptitude as to reduce even Cary Grant to mediocrity. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Mar 14, 2009
4/5
Fun Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr comedy romp with Stanley Donen touch. Go to Full Review
Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly Apr 20, 2007
4/5
Robert Mitchum will surprise you Go to Full Review
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Mar 30, 2007
3/5
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Abraham S Feb 16, 2017 This film has a solid cast and exceptional script. Its blasé approach to adultery with four unsympathetic characters didn't appeal. The film's tone didn't help in its inconsistency, varying between drama and screwball comedy. See more
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Stanley Donen

Director

Cary Grant

Victor Rhyall

Deborah Kerr

Hilary Rhyall

Robert Mitchum

Charles Delacro

Jean Simmons

Hattie Durant

Moray Watson

Trevor Sellers

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Movie Info

Synopsis An English earl (Cary Grant) and his wife (Deborah Kerr) open their stately home to the public, including a Texas oilman (Robert Mitchum).
Director
Stanley Donen
Producer
Stanley Donen
Screenwriter
Hugh Williams, Margaret Vyner
Distributor
Universal Pictures, Republic Pictures
Production Co
Grandon Productions Ltd.
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 23, 1960, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 45m
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