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A Ticklish Affair is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Sidney released in USA on 18 august 1963 with Shirley Jones
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
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Add to a movie listA Ticklish Affair (aka Moon Walk) is a 1963 film directed by George Sidney. It stars Shirley Jones, Gig Young and Red Buttons, with a screenplay by Ruth Brooks Flippen, based on a short story by Barbara Luther. It was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1964.
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Commander Key Weedon (Gig Young), a pilot with the U.S. Navy, is sent to investigate when an S.O.S. emergency signal is spotted in the San Diego region. He discovers it is the doing of a six-year-old boy, Grover Martin, whose uncle Simon (Red Buttons), an airline pilot, gave the boy a blinker light as a gift.Actors
Shirley Jones
(Amy Martin)
Gig Young
(Key Weedon)
Red Buttons
(Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley)
Edward Platt
(Captain Haven Hitchcock)
Carolyn Jones
(Tandy Martin)
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