YMMV / That Touch of Mink

• Poor Man's Substitute: A common criticism of this film is that Cary Grant appears to be doing a bad imitation of Rock Hudson, Doris Day's usual leading man. (In fact, Hudson had expected to be cast in the role.) ^note This gets especially ironic when you consider that A) Around a year later, Rod Taylor would be criticized as a poor man's Cary Grant for his role in The Birds, after Grant had been an Alfred Hitchcock regular; and B) This already happened to Grant at least once before, as a criticism (at least early on) His Girl Friday received was that Grant's character looked more suited for Clark Gable's usual screen persona.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • John Astin (Beasley) would become much better known for his role as Gomez Addams a couple years later.
  • Dick Sargent — The Other Darrin himself — appears as uncertain newlywed Harry Clark.
  • John Fiedler, who later voiced Disney's Winnie the Pooh, is Mr. Smith, the unfortunate male half of the couple who get barged in on at the motel.

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