The Birds and the Bees (1956)

Directors

Norman Taurog

Cast

Bartlett Robinson, Bess Flowers, Charles Lane, Clinton Sundberg, David Niven, Fred Clark, George Gobel, Hans Conried, Harold Miller, Harry Bellaver, Kevin Corcoran, King Donovan, Mary Treen, Matt Moore, Mitzi Gaynor, Norma Varden, Reginald Gardiner, Rex Evans, Roscoe Ates, Steven Geray

The story

George "Hotsy" Hamilton (George Gobel), a very eligible but naive vegetarian heir to a meat-packing fortune, returns home to Connecticut by luxury cruise ship, accompanied by Marty Kennedy (Harry Bellaver), his valet, guardian, and best friend, after spending three years together on a scientific expedition in the Belgian Congo looking for a rare snake. On board, the woman-shy George attracts a lot of attention from the opposite sex, despite being the consummate milquetoast, but the one he cannot avoid is Jean Harris (Mitzi Gaynor), a beautiful con artist travelling with her equally larcenous father, Colonel Patrick Henry "Handsome Harry"…

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