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Tall Story is a 1960 American romantic comedy film made by Warner Bros., directed by Joshua Logan and starring Anthony Perkins with Jane Fonda, in her first screen role, at the age of 22. It is based on the 1957 novel "The Homecoming Game" by Howard Nemerov, which was the basis of a successful 1959 Broadway play, called Tall Story, by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The film was a considerable departure from Logan's previous two projects, the drama Sayonara, which won multiple Academy Awards, and the blockbuster South Pacific and was Robert Redford's first film ever, where he played an uncredited basketball player.
Tall Story is a farcical social satire of American campus life, making fun of the way college life can become a marriage market for some students. Fonda portrays a character who is the complete opposite of the independent liberated woman she later personified.
Original Release
04/06/1960
US Release
04/06/1960
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anthony Perkins | Ray Blent |
Jane Fonda | June Ryder |
Ray Walston | Prof. Leo Sullivan / Professor Leo Sullivan |
Marc Connelly | Prof. Charles Osman / Professor Charles Osman |
Anne Jackson | Myra Sullivan |
Murray Hamilton | Coach Sandy Hardy |
Bob Wright | President Harmon Nagel |
Bart Burns | District Attorney Davis |
Karl Lukas | 1st Detective |
Elizabeth Patterson | Connie |
Directors
Writers
Julius J. Epstein, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Howard Nemerov
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anthony Perkins | Ray Blent |
Jane Fonda | June Ryder |
Ray Walston | Prof. Leo Sullivan / Professor Leo Sullivan |
Marc Connelly | Prof. Charles Osman / Professor Charles Osman |
Anne Jackson | Myra Sullivan |
Murray Hamilton | Coach Sandy Hardy |
Bob Wright | President Harmon Nagel |
Bart Burns | District Attorney Davis |
Karl Lukas | 1st Detective |
Elizabeth Patterson | Connie |
Tom Laughlin | Fred Jensen |
Barbara Darrow | Frieda Jensen |
Fred Aldrich | Moving Man |
Ricky Allen | Joel Sullivan |
Sam Balter | Game Announcer |
Dixie Barry | Cheerleader |
Mary Benoit | Guest |
Brad Brown | Student |
Boyd Cabeen | Party Guest |
Eileen Chesis | Ruth Sullivan |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joshua Logan | Producer |
Ben Kadish | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1962 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Won |