Sexual misconduct in white-collar suburbia is the topic of this routine
melodrama involving two neighboring couples. Architect Larry Coe (
Kirk Douglas), unhappy with his wife Eve's (
Barbara Rush) fixation on their bank balance, starts taking an interest in Maggie Gault (
Kim Novak),
whose husband has been losing interest in her. The two steal several
illicit moments together, but this activity has not gone unnoticed. Good
ol' neighbor Felix (
Walter Matthau) figures that Eve might be feeling a little neglected, so he decides to move into the picture.
Richard Quine's direction is an asset to an otherwise clichéd tale.
