Take Her, She's Mine

Take Her, She's Mine
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHenry Koster
Screenplay byNunnally Johnson
Based onTake Her, She's Mine
1961 play
by Henry Ephron
Phoebe Ephron
Produced byHenry Koster
StarringJames Stewart
Sandra Dee
Audrey Meadows
Robert Morley
Philippe Forquet
John McGiver
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byMarjorie Fowler
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • November 13, 1963 (1963-11-13)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,435,000
Box officeest. $3,400,000 (US/ Canada)

Take Her, She's Mine is a 1963 American coming-of-age comedy film, starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee and based on a 1961 Broadway comedy written by the husband-and-wife team of Henry and Phoebe Ephron. The film was directed by Henry Koster with a screenplay written by Nunnally Johnson. It features an early film score by prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith. The character of Mollie, played by Elizabeth Ashley on Broadway and in the film by Dee, was based on the Ephrons' 22-year-old daughter Nora Ephron. The supporting cast features Robert Morley, John McGiver and Bob Denver.

In the film, a Californian lawyer happens to be an overprotective father to his teenage daughter. When she starts her college studies, her letters to him mention her beatnik friends and her conversion into an activist. The concerned father travels to Paris.