The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

1968
G
1h 53m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

1.2K

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The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)

Comedy Drama Family

Frederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product, a stomach pill named "Aspercel" - by tomorrow. ... Read allFrederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product, a stomach pill named "Aspercel" - by tomorrow. The second problem is Fred's daughter, Helen. She is absolutely fond of horses, takes ridi... Read allFrederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product, a stomach pill named "Aspercel" - by tomorrow. The second problem is Fred's daughter, Helen. She is absolutely fond of horses, takes riding classes and has already had decent success in some competitions. Her biggest wish is to... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Albarado the horse (a.k.a. Aspercel) won a PATSY Award for the film.

Goofs
The exact same article-text ("While deliberations of the committee were held in private..." etc.) is shown for two different newspaper articles about Aspercel in the Washington DC horse competition.

Quotes
Fredrick 'Fred' Bolton: You blew Helen's medal for good. One more like that it's the glue factory - for both of us.

Connections
Referenced in What's My Line?: Morey Amsterdam (1968)

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1/10

Mercilessly talky Disney comedy

The whole set-up of this contrived Disney family film (ad-exec gets his teenage daughter a horse because she "wants one more than anything else in the world") is just an excuse to film the big climactic horse-show at the end. All the other ingredients (the ad campaign for the stomach pill, Kurt Russell as a potential boyfriend for the youngster, Lloyd Bochner as a potential rival for Dean Jones over the affections of Diane Baker) are shelved near the end simply to showcase the horse. Over half the picture is padding, and worse: it is whiny and obnoxious. The kid is the ninny-sort who cries on the couch with a dog in her arms, and as usual she gets her way. * from ****