Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Theatrical poster
Directed byCharles Walters
Screenplay byIsobel Lennart
Based onPlease Don't Eat the Daisies
1957 book
by Jean Kerr
Produced byJoe Pasternak
StarringDoris Day
David Niven
Janis Paige
Richard Haydn
Spring Byington
CinematographyRobert J. Bronner
Edited byJohn McSweeney Jr.
Music byDavid Rose
Production
company
Euterpe Inc.
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
Running time
112 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,775,000
Box office$7,050,000

Please Don't Eat the Daisies is a 1960 American Metrocolor comedy film in CinemaScope starring Doris Day and David Niven, made by Euterpe Inc., and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The movie was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Joe Pasternak, with Martin Melcher (Day's husband) as associate producer.

The screenplay was written by Isobel Lennart and was partly inspired by the 1957 book of the same name, a collection of humorous essays, by Jean Kerr.

The film also features Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, and Jack Weston. Spring Byington made her final film appearance in this film, but appeared in TV shows later.