The Man from the Diners' Club

The Man from the Diners' Club
The Man from the Diners' Club
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Tashlin
Written by	William Peter Blatty; John Fenton Murray
Produced by	William Bloom
Starring	Danny Kaye; Cara Williams; Martha Hyer; Telly Savalas
Cinematography	Hal Mohr
Edited by	William A. Lyon
Music by	Stu Phillips
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 17, 1963;
Running time	96 min
Country	United States
Language	English

The Man from the Diners' Club is a 1963 comedy film starring Danny Kaye, directed by Frank Tashlin.^[1] It was made by Ampersand and Dena Productions and released by Columbia Pictures.

Plot[]

Foots Pulardos is a mobster who intends to go on the lam to Mexico with his moll, Sugar Pye. In the meantime, he applies for a Diners Club charge card that is mistakenly approved by a meek clerk, Ernie Klenk, who is told to go get it back.

Foots uses a gym as a front for his racketeering operations. As soon as Ernie gets there, Foots finds out that they share a unique physical similarity. It gives him an idea—he will burn down the gym, with Ernie in it, and change identities to fool the law.

Complications pile up. The more involved Ernie gets with Sugar, the more jealous his girlfriend Lucy becomes. And when the corrupt couple head for the airport, it's up to Ernie to figure out a way to stop them, which he does.

Cast[]

Danny Kaye as Ernest Klenk
Cara Williams as Sugar Pye
Martha Hyer as Lucy
Telly Savalas as Foots Pulardos
Everett Sloane as Martindale
Kaye Stevens as Bea
George Kennedy as George
Ann Morgan Guilbert as Ella Trask
Harry Dean Stanton as a Beatnik (uncredited)

Production[]

The film was produced by from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty and John Fenton Murray. The music score was by Stu Phillips and the cinematography by Hal Mohr.

Diners Club is misspelled as "Diners' Club" in the film's title and on the poster.