The Seven Year Itch/Trivia

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Executive Meddling: The act of adultery (consummated in the play) was removed by the censors, as were a few profanities and a few other bits considered risqué in 1955.
  • Fake Nationality: There's a whole tribe of fake Manhattan Indians at the beginning (as a narrator explains the anthropological origins of adultery).
  • The Pete Best: Vanessa Brown played The Girl in the stage version alongside Ewell, but was apparently not asked to reprise the role for the movie. (Then again, Ewell was almost not asked to reprise his role; see What Could Have Been below.)
  • What Could Have Been: