Teacher’s Pet (1958)

Cocky, jug-eared and slit-eyed Clark Gable plays a tough, cynical, self-educated journalist called James Gannon who is asked to give a lecture to a night school journalism class, but when he sees teacher Erica Stone (Doris Day) he decides to enrol as a pupil under the name Jim Gallagher.

Pretty soon he’s the star of the class. But there’s a rival for Miss Gannon’s affections – a psychology professor called Dr Hugo Pine (Gig Young). Their rivalry leads to a memorable funny scene where the two men try to slip each other Mickey Finns at a nightclub so as to be alone with Erica.

Erica eventually learns Gannon’s true identity and breaks off their romance.

Mamie Van Doren plays Gannon’s perennial girlfriend Peggy DeFore, a nightclub entertainer.

James Gannon
Clark Gable
Erica Stone
Doris Day
Dr Hugo Pine
Gig Young
Peggy DeFore
Mamie Van Doren
Barney Kovac
Nick Adams
Harold Miller
Peter Baldwin
Katy Fuller
Marion Ross
Roy
Charles Lane
Guide
Jack Albertson
J.R. Ballantyne
Florenz Ames
Lloyd Crowley
Harry Antrim
Edna Kovac
Vivian Nathan

Director
George Seaton