A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the top of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slater.
Both men are determined to seduce the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them. After resisting their amorous advances throughout the night, Patty leaves. The next day she returns to the Empire State Building, where she finds Donald who has missed her and worried all night about her. Donald declares his love for her and proposes marriage to her.
Directed by Otto Preminger
Screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert
Based on The Moon Is Blue
by F. Hugh Herbert
Produced by Otto Preminger
Starring
William Holden
David Niven
Maggie McNamara
Cinematography Ernest Laszlo
Edited by Otto Ludwig
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert
William Holden as Donald Gresham
David Niven as David Slater
Maggie McNamara as Patty O'Neill
Tom Tully as Michael O'Neill, Patty's father
Dawn Addams as Cynthia Slater, David's daughter
Fortunio Bonanova as Television Performer
Gregory Ratoff as Taxi Driver
Hardy Krüger and Johanna Matz, the stars of the German version, appear as the young tourist couple waiting to use the coin-operated telescope at the top of the Empire State Building, cameo roles which Holden and McNamara play in the German version.
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