Who's Got the Action? Review by Ian Jane | posted April 8, 2012
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Directed by Daniel Mann in 1962 for Paramount Pictures (who have
licensed it along with a bunch of other titles for DVD release
to Olive Films, who continue to have one of the most interesting
catalogues going these days), Who's Got The Action? features a
script by Jack Rose and is based on the novel originally
titledFour Horseplayers Are Missing by Alexander Rose (the novel
was rereleased in mass market paperback edition under the
movie's title around the time of its theatrical release).  The
movie follows the exploits of a man named Steve Flood (played
with a typically cool easy going style by the late, great Dean
Martin) who is married to a beautiful woman named Melanie (Lana
Turner). Their marriage has seen better days when we meet them,
the main problem in their collective life together being Steve's
fairly ridiculous addiction to gambling. Melanie comes up with a
plan to teac