The Tunnel of Love is a 1958 romantic comedy film based on the Broadway hit by Peter De Vries and Joseph Fields. The film follows a married suburban couple who for reasons unknown, are unable to conceive a child and soon endure endless red tape on a path of adopting a child. The film is the first directorial effort from Gene Kelly in which he did not also star. Doris Day received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In Westport, Connecticut, Augie and Isolde Poole celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary by turning in an... application to the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. Encouraged by their friends and next-door neighbors, Dick and Alice Pepper, who have three children and another due, Isolde, who has been unsuccessful in her attempts to become pregnant, is determined that she and Augie will eventually be parents. While awaiting news of the application to the agency, Isolde decides that she and Augie should continue to try to have a baby on their own, and she enthusiastically follows all the latest advice by pregnancy experts.
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| Release date: | 1958 |
| Directed by: | Gene Kelly |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Joseph Fields, Martin Melcher |
| Adapted from: | The Tunnel of Love |
| Genre: | Comedy |