Man's Favorite Sport? Page #2

Synopsis: Roger Willoughby is considered to be a leading expert on sports fishing. He's written books on the subject and is loved by his customers in the sporting goods department at Abercrombie and Fitch, where he works. There's only one problem however: he's never been fishing in his life. When the store owner enters him in a fishing contest, mayhem ensues.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Howard Hawks
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
APPROVED
Year:
1964
120 min
255 Views


You see?

Isn't that pretty?

10:
00, 11:00, 9:00.

10:
00, 11:00, 9:00.

Try it again.

See? Very little

wrist movement.

Would you like to try it,

Major? I certainly would.

Now remember,

gently.

10:
00, 11:00,

9:
00.

Gently. 10:
00,

11:
00, 9:00.

Hey! Look at that!

Good! Good!

Roger, what would I do

without you?

I wish you were going to stay at

the lake during the tournament.

Why haven't you ever

entered the tournament?

I don't seem to have enough

time. Well, you should.

It's a rod, all right. What

kind of fish should I go after?

Bass, trout,

blue gills?

Let's see... Last year the

Wakapoogee was won with a bass.

Six pounds, eight ounces, I believe.

I know! I saw that old goat

Harvey Skaggs land the fish!

He used a plug, a green

Plunking Dingbat.

That's not what I asked you!

This isn't last year!

I want to know what to use

this year! Let's see, Major.

Roger! Phone.

Yeah? Oh.

Excuse me, Major.

I'll be right back.

- Good morning. Willoughby speaking.

- Roger, this is Jim Stern.

- Yeah, Jim?

- Listen, I'm up here at Lake Wakapoogee...

and I got the doggonedest

string of fish you've ever seen.

Well, good for you.

Um... Jim, what kind of

fish did you go after?

- Trout, like you suggested.

- And what would you say is the best time of day?

Between 10:
00 and 11:00 in the

morning. 10:
00 and 11:00 in the morning.

Uh-huh. What was the water

temperature? 68 degrees.

68 degrees. And how deep did you go?

Just below the surface. I

started with a Colorado Spinner...

- and ended with a Super-Duper.

- I see.

Well, thank you, Jim.

I appreciate your calling.

Bye.

Now then, what were we

talking about?

What kind of fish

I should go after.

I suggest trout.

Trout. Mm-hmm.

About 10:
00 or 11:00 in the morning,

the water should be around 68 degrees.

68 degrees. What kind

of a lure, and how deep?

Just under the surface, and

use either a Colorado Spinner...

or a Super-Duper.

Amazing.

A Colorado Spinner

or a Super-Duper.

Good morning, Maggie.

Good morning, Roger.

Go right on in.

Oh, thank you.

Well, hi.

Hello.

Good morning, sir.

Willoughby! Come in, come in.

Miss Perkins, send in the

young ladies, please. Yes, sir.

Fine morning, isn't it? I want

you to... Ah, here they are now.

Miss Page

and Miss Mueller.

- Mr. Roger Willoughby.

- Yep. I knew it.

- We've met.

- Yes, in the parking lot.

Oh, fine. Please sit down and

we'll get on with this. Thank you.

Miss Mueller is the

daughter of Mr. Mueller,

who owns the lodge

at Lake Wakapoogee.

And Miss Page is director of

public relations for the lodge.

I see. Willoughby,

this is your lucky day.

- It is?

- Absolutely.

You are entering the fishing

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Pat Frank

Pat Frank (May 5, 1908 – October 12, 1964) was the pen name of the American writer, newspaperman, and government consultant Harry Hart Frank. Frank's best known work is the 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon. His other books include Mr. Adam, Hold Back the Night, and Forbidden Area. more…

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