The Pleasure of His Company

The Pleasure of His Company

115 mins | Comedy | June 1, 1961

Just as San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is set to get married, her absentee father arrives, disrupting the household of his ex-wife. Is he there to break up the wedding? Or to steal back his ex-wife? Or is Pogo finally ready to be a father after all these years?

The Pleasure of His Company

115 mins | Comedy | June 1, 1961

The Pleasure of His Company
Just as San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is set to get married, her absentee father arrives, disrupting the household of his ex-wife. Is he there to break up the wedding? Or to steal back his ex-wife? Or is Pogo finally ready to be a father after all these years?
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Paramount
Original title The Pleasure of His Company
Directors George Seaton
Writers Cornelia Otis Skinner, Samuel A. Taylor

Cast

Fred Astaire

as Biddeford 'Pogo' Poole

Debbie Reynolds

as Jessica Poole

Lilli Palmer

as Katharine Dougherty

Tab Hunter

as Roger Henderson

Gary Merrill

as James Dougherty

Charles Ruggles

as Mackenzie Savage

Harold Fong

as Toy

Elvia Allman

as Mrs. Mooney

Eleanor Audley

as Mrs. Thompson

Edith Head

as Dress Designer