Cinema: Manhattan on the Rocks

"Ohhh . . . my Go-dd!" It is halfway between a squawk and a prayer and issues from the gymnastic lips of an Ohio housewife named Gwen Kellerman (Sandy Dennis) on a junket to New York. Her husband George (Jack Lemmon) has come East to be interviewed for an important new job, and he has brought her along to celebrate what he feels will be a sure thing. Their plans are set with elaborate care. But as any weary traveler or native New Yorker could tell them, The Out-of-Towners haven't got a chance.

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