{{Short description|1961 film by Harry Keller}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Tammy Tell Me True | image = Tammy Tell Me True.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | producer = [[Ross Hunter]] | director = [[Harry Keller]] | writer = [[Oscar Brodney]] | based_on = {{based on|''Tammy Tell Me True''|[[Cid Ricketts Sumner]]}} | starring = [[Sandra Dee]]<br>[[John Gavin]]<br>[[Beulah Bondi]]<br>[[Charles Drake (actor)|Charles Drake]]<br>[[Virginia Grey]]<br>[[Julia Meade]] | music = [[Percy Faith]] | cinematography = Clifford Stine | editing = Otto Ludwig | studio = Ross Hunter Productions | distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] | released = {{film date|1961|7|26|New York City}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $2.5 million<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety-1962-01/page/n121/mode/1up?q=%22back+street%22+%22ross+hunter%22|magazine=Variety|title=1961 Rentals and Potential|date=10 Jan 1961|page=58}}</ref> }}
'''''Tammy Tell Me True''''' is a 1961 American [[Eastmancolor]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Harry Keller]] and starring [[Sandra Dee]] and [[John Gavin]], [[Beulah Bondi]], [[Charles Drake (actor)|Charles Drake]], [[Virginia Grey]] and [[Julia Meade]].
The film, the second in the [[Tammy (film series)|series]], was based on [[Cid Ricketts Sumner]]'s 1959 novel of the same name, which the ''New York Times'' had described as "a cheerful change of pace from current novels of conflict and depression".<ref>{{cite news|title=Deep South Primitive: TAMMY TELL ME TRUE. By Cid Ricketts Sumner. 316, pp. Indianapolis and New York: The BobbsMerrill Company. $3.75|author=CHARLOTTE CAPERS|work=New York Times|date=29 Nov 1959|page=BR62}}</ref>
==Plot== Tammy is waiting to hear from her lover Pete, who has gone to agricultural college. She decides to go to college to improve herself. Tammy becomes a paid companion for a crusty old lady and falls for a handsome man.
==Cast== *[[Sandra Dee]] as Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree *[[John Gavin]] as Tom Freeman *[[Charles Drake (actor)|Charles Drake]] as Buford Woodly *[[Virginia Grey]] as "Miss" Jenks *[[Julia Meade]] as Suzanne Rook *[[Beulah Bondi]] as Mrs. Call *[[Cecil Kellaway]] as Captain Joe *[[Edgar Buchanan]] as Judge Carver *[[Gigi Perreau]] as Rita *[[Juanita Moore]] as Della *[[Hayden Rorke]] as Joshua Welling * Ward Ramsey as Caleb Slade *[[Henry Corden]] as Captain Armand *[[Don Dorrell]] as Roger *[[Patricia McNulty]] as Joan *[[Stefanie Powers]] as Kay (credited as 'Taffy Paul') * Lowell Brown as John * Bill Herrin as Phil (as William Herrin) *[[Catherine McLeod]] as Mrs. Bateman *[[Ross Elliott]] as Professor Bateman *[[Ned Wever]] as Dr. Stach
==Production== Sandra Dee was announced for the lead role in September 1960.<ref>{{Cite news|title='Tammy' Film Sequel May Star Sandra Dee|author=Hopper, Hedda.|date=Sep 16, 1960|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=d4}}</ref>
The Welsh singer [[Dorothy Squires]] wrote the words and music to the title song "Tammy Tell Me True".
==Reception== The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called it "calculated cuteness... relieved by a likeable performance from Sandra Dee."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sandra Dee Is Likable in 'Tammy Tell Me True'|author=TINEE, MAE|date=July 18, 1961|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=a4}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it "infinitely inferior to the first ''[[Tammy and the Bachelor|Tammy]]'', everything about the film is false, especially the aggressive Sandra Dee, whose primpsy whimsy wardrobe cannot disguise the acquisitive gaze in her give-away eyes."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lighting Up Our History: Accent on History Three Immediate Factors|author=Richard L. Coe.|date=July 22, 1961|work=The Washington Post|page=C11}}</ref>
In a 1974 interview, Gavin criticised the film but said it "haunts the tube like a permanent [[Miasma (Greek mythology)|miasma]]. You can't do worse than that."<ref>{{Cite news|title=John Gavin: One for the 'Seesaw': John Gavin: One for the 'Seesaw'|author=Tom Donnelly|date=July 28, 1974|work=The Washington Post|page=L1}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{TCMDb title|92323}} * {{IMDb title|0055503}} {{Tammy}} {{Ross Hunter}} {{Harry Keller}}
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