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Bob Hope (The Road To Hong Kong) and Lucille Ball (Yours, Mine and Ours) are teamed in The Facts of Life, a comedy with dramatic twists. When their spouses are unable to join them on a planned group trip, longtime friends, Larry Gilbert (Hope) and Kitty Weaver (Ball) find themselves thrown together and falling in love under the sun in beautiful Acapulco. With their vacation coming to an end, both Larry and Kitty find themselves torn between feeling guilty about the affair and whether or not to end it. The Facts of Life, directed by Melvin Frank (A Touch of Class, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox) from a screenplay co-written by Frank and Norman Panama (White Christmas, The Court Jester) co-stars Ruth Hussey (The Lady Wants Mink), Don DeFore (TV's Hazel), Louis Nye (Good Neighbor Sam) and Philip Ober (Elmer Gantry).
