with Garner as leading man during the period in which he was still playing the lead in the Warner Bros. television series Maverick (the other two were Darby's Rangers and Up Periscope). Garner subsequently left the studio upon winning a contentious lawsuit and continued his movie career. Cash McCall screenplay writer and comedy novel best seller Marion Hargrove had also written several scripts for Garner's Maverick series. Garner wrote in his memoirs that he felt it was "not much of a movie, but I liked Natalie." Reception The film received mixed reviews from critics. Howard Thompson of The New York Times called it "a painless, amusing movie exercise that now and then touches solid ground." Variety wrote that the film suffered from characters that were "stock and, in some cases, foolish," and a script that "borders on the ridiculous in piling on the number and kind of [McCall's] multifarious enterprises," but "for audiences willing to accept a surface story for romantic shenanigans, the picture will suffice." Harrison's Reports wrote: "True, not too much attention to detail has been devoted to the real intricacies of business and high finance, but it's still a pleasant piece of entertainment certain to delight audiences who crave life's complexities dished out in simple mouthfuls." Richard L. Coe of The Washington Post declared: "Exactly what the makers of 'Cash McCall' thought they were doing I don't know, but they have come up with a boozy fairy tale which to men will have all the appeal 'Cinderella' presumably has for females." The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "The financial wangling is often quite amusing ... but nothing can prevent the film's romantic stretches seeming a trite and tedious makeweight to Cash's amoral escapades in the financial jungle." See also List of American films of 1960 References External links James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show James Garner interview at Archive of American Television 1960 films 1960s romance films American business films American romantic drama films Films about businesspeople Films based on American novels Films based on romance novels Films directed by Joseph Pevney Films produced by Henry Blanke Warner Bros. films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films