The Marrying Man

Charley Pearl is a wealthy playboy preparing to marry Adele Horner, the daughter of a powerful Hollywood studio boss. During a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas, he meets Vicki Anderson, a nightclub singer, and is caught with her by her boyfriend, the gangster Bugsy Siegel. Rather than punish him, Siegel insists that Charley marry Vicki instead, leaving him caught between his planned wedding and a woman he barely knows.

The film is set in Hollywood in 1948 and was directed by Jerry Rees, whose only earlier feature was The Brave Little Toaster. Neil Simon wrote the screenplay, and David Permut produced it. Kim Basinger plays Vicki and Alec Baldwin plays Charley, with Robert Loggia, Elisabeth Shue, Armand Assante and Paul Reiser in supporting roles.

Released in April 1991, the film cost around 26 million dollars and took in about 12 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.7 from roughly 6,700 votes, and on TMDB 5.5 from a smaller number of votes, while its critics' rating stands at 3.1 from 21 reviews, well below the audience scores.