Der Gynäkologe Dr. Gerald Boyer (JAMES GARNER) könnte sich keine bessere Ehefrau wünschen als seine Beverly (DORIS DAY): Neben der Erziehung der gemeinsamen Kinder Maggie und Andy widmet sie sich vor allem ihrem vorbildlich geführten Haushalt. Leider erzählt Gerald einem Patienten, dass Beverly auf Happy-Seife schwört - was der fleißigen Hausfrau nicht nur einen hochbezahlten Werbevertrag, zahlreiche Fernsehauftritte und größte Bekanntheit einbringt, sondern auch jede Menge urkomische Reibungen mit ihrem vernachlässigten Gatten erzeugt. Als Maggie und Andy ihre Mutter nur noch in der Seifenwerbung zu Gesicht bekommen, greift Gerald zu verzweifelten Mitteln, um Beverly wieder an Heim und Herd zu binden ...
Nach dem pointenreichen Drehbuch von CARL REINER ("Tote tragen keine Karos") drehte NORMAN JEWISON ("In der Hitze der Nacht") eine der witzigsten und romantischsten Komödien aller Zeiten.
| Doris Day | Beverly Boyer |
| James Garner | Dr. Gerald Boyer |
| Arlene Francis | Mrs. Fraleigh |
| Edward Andrews | Gardiner Fraleigh |
| Reginald Owen | Old Tom Fraleigh |
| Zasu Pitts | Olivia |
| Elliott Reid | Mike Palmer |
| Alice Pearce | Irving's wife |
| Kym Karath | Maggie Boyer |
| Kym Kareth | Maggie Boyer |
| Brian Nash | Andy Boyer |
| Lucy Landau | Mrs. Goethe |
| Paul Hartman | Dr. Taylor |
| Hayden Rorke | Billings |
| Alex Gerry | Stokely |
| Robert Gallagher | Van Camp |
| Bess Flowers | Party Guest |
| Ann Newman-Mantee | Miss Thompson |
| Larry Gelbart | Story |
| Burt Mustin | The Fraleigh butler |
| Hedley Mattingly | Sidney (Fraleighs' chauffer) |
| Robert Strauss | Chief truck driver |
| Maurice Gosfield | Truck Driver |
| William Bramley | Angry Driver |
| Pamela Curran | Spot Checker (starlet) |
| Herbie Faye | Irving |
| Lenny Kent | Cabbie |
| John Alderman | Mr. Caputo, New Father |
| Carl Reiner | German Officer / Cad / Cowboy |
| Lennie Weinrib | Truck Driver |
| Richard Alden | Onlooker (uncredited) |
| Lillian Culver | Autograph seeker (uncredited) |
| John Daheim | Mounted Policeman (uncredited) |
| George DeNormand | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| King Donovan | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Ross Elliott | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Flynn | Celine - Autograph Seeker in Restaurant (uncredited) |
| Jacques Foti | Maitre D' (uncredited) |
| Paul Frees | TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Tim Graham | Guard (uncredited) |
| Hallene Hill | Older Busybody with Spinster (uncredited) |
| Kenner G. Kemp | Man in Hospital Corridor (uncredited) |
| Bernie Kopell | Commercial Director (uncredited) |
| Robert McCord | Elevator Passenger (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Neumann | Spinster (uncredited) |
| Cosmo Sardo | Man in elevator (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Customer Leaving Restaurant (uncredited) |
| Kelly Thordsen | State Policeman (uncredited) |
| Leon Alton | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Don Anderson | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Edward Astran | German Guard (uncredited) |
| George Blagoi | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Paul Bradley | Man in elevator (uncredited) |
| Harry Carter | Servant (uncredited) |
| George Ford | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Herschel Graham | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Michael Jeffers | Film Crew Member (uncredited) |
| Karl Lukas | Worker (uncredited) |
| Clyde McLeod | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Tony Regan | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Jack Tornek | Western Actor (uncredited) |
| James Van Horn | Western Actor (uncredited) |
