The Marrying Man

"Every man has a weakness. For millionaire Charley Pearl she's blonde, beautiful and loves to say "I do"."

Apr 5 1991 R 1h 55m
Comedy, Music, Romance

Charley Pearl, wealthy heir and gadabout, is slated to marry Adele, the daughter of a Hollywood tycoon. But, during a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas, Charley strikes up a flirtation with nightclub crooner Vicki Anderson that soon leads to her bedroom. When the couple are discovered by Vicki's beau, infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel, he makes a surprising pronouncement -- they'd better marry, or Charley is a dead man.

Plot

Rich playboy Charley Pearl meets Vicki Anderson, singer at a nightclub in Las Vegas. But she's a gangster's-moll, Bugsy Siegel's, and when he finds the two of them in bed, he forces them to marry each other. Charley was going to marry his girlfriend but when she finds out about him and Vicki, she leaves him. And Vicki doesn't seem to be his kind of woman at all...

Written by

Neil Simon

Directed by

Jerry Rees

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Silver Screen Partners IV, Permut Presentations, Hollywood Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
6,417
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA