Boys' Night Out is an American comedy film released in 1962. It starred Kim Novak, James Garner and Tony Randall and was directed by Michael Gordon. The movie is about three well-to-do middle-aged men planning to commit adultery. Airplane! is considered by some critics to be one of the funniest movies of all time. ... See also: 1961 in film 1962 1963 in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... Kim Novak Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American actress. ... James Garner as Jim Egan in 8 Simple Rules James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor of partially Cherokee Indian descent. ... Tony Randall in 2003 Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor. ... Michael Gordon (born 20 July 1956) is an American classical composer and a co-founder of Bang on a Can with Julia Wolfe and David Lang. ... Adultery is generally defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their lawful spouse. ...

They rent an apartment in the city as their proposed love nest, intending to tell their respective wives from time to time that they have to work long hours at the office and, rather than taking the commuter train to their suburban homes, will stay in the city. They rent out the apartment at a low price to an attractive young woman called Cathy who they hope they will be able to take turns in seducing. Seduction is the process of deliberately enticing another person into an act (see motivation). ...

However, unknown to the men, Cathy is a sociology student writing her thesis on married men's propensity to be unfaithful to their wives. When they start calling on her individually in the evenings she encourages them to talk, which they do, while she is collecting data for her thesis by secretly recording all their conversations. Soon it turns out that there is no need whatsoever for Cathy to stall them as none of the men is actually prepared to have sex with her although each of them brags about having slept with her whenever talking to the others. No sex occurs anywhere in the movie, and in the end all three are repentant and fall in love with their own wives again. Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... A thesis (literally: position from the Greek θέσις) is an intellectual proposition. ... Repentance is the feeling and act in which one recognizes and tries to right a wrong, or gain forgiveness from someone that they wronged. ...

Although generally considered a mediocre film, Boys' Night Out -- with what must have been considered a risqué plot more than 40 years ago -- gives an insight into the predominant social mores of the late 1950s and early 1960s WASP middle classes. It should be noted though that not all comedy films made at around that time excluded pre- and extra-marital sex from their plots; see, for example, Boeing Boeing (1965, based on a 1960 farce). A gynecologist in 19th-century France conforms to his societys mores The term mores (IPA ) as used in sociology is a plural noun. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... WASP (an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) is a term that denotes the culture, customs, and heritage of the American élite Establishment. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... Boeing Boeing is a classic farce (1960) by French author Marc Camoletti; and a comedy film (1965) directed by John Rich based on Camolettis play starring Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis and Thelma Ritter. ... See also: 1964 in film 1965 1966 in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America Mary Poppins The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews Goldfinger My Fair Lady Whats New Pussycat? Shenandoah The Sandpiper Father Goose Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Definition A farce is a comedy written for the stage, or a film, which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely and extravagant - yet often possible - situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include puns and sexual innuendo, and a fast...

See also: List of movies - List of actors - List of directors - List of Hollywood movie studios This group of articles compose an alphabetical list of films with entries in Wikipedia (or films of significance which have references in Wikipedia even if no articles yet appear, such as Academy Award winning films, for example). ... The following are lists of actors: Overall: List of male movie actors (A-K) List of male movie actors (L-Z) List of female movie actors Theater actors: List of male theater actors List of female theater actors Television actors: List of male television actors List of female television actors... This is a list of motion picture and television directors. ... This is a list of Hollywood movie studios. ...