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Cathy Timberlake (Doris Day) is an out-of-work country girl in the big city, when she is soaked with water after Philip Shayne's (Cary Grant) car passes her.

Soon, an unlikely courtship ensues, while Cathy is too shy of being alone with him, and he is too amorous.

Cute romantic comedy also stars Audrey Meadows (who has the funniest lines) and Gig Young.

wish they would make more movies like this
I don't know if I have ever seen a movie with Doris Day in it that I didn't like and this is no exception. Doris plays an out of work, girl next door, character, Cary Grant, a millionaire, Gig Young works for Cary and Audrey Meadows is her room-mate and friend. Because the car that Cary was riding in accidently splashes water on Doris, Cary sends Gig to apologize and then when Gig sees her reaction he thinks that finally here is a girl that will put his boss in his place and encourages her to go tell Cary how she feels. It backfires, and Doris falls for Cary, but being a modest moral female, when he proposes that she come with him on a trip that doesn't include marriage, she has misgivings. She decides to go finally, but then develops a rash at the thought of doing the immoral act and then it keeps getting funnier. Gig Young and Audrey Meadows are really great in the movie also. I recommend the movie. Enjoy!

Not bad, but not as good as the Hudson/Day/Randall comedies
Watching _That Touch of Mink_ is like watching something from an alternate universe where instead of the formulaic early '60s romantic comedy where you had Rock Hudson as the desirable yet unavaliable bachelor, Doris Day as the perpetual virgin and Tony Randall as the neurotic and closeted best friend you had Cary Grant as the desirable yet unavailable bachelor, Doris Day as the perpetual virgin (apparently no other actress approached Doris Day's iconic status as a virgin) and Gig Young as the neurotic and closeted best friend. Talk about "through a glass darkly"!.
All of this is very cute but the problem with Grant and Young is that they can't pull off the Rock Hudson/Tony Randall dynamic. Hudson had a boyish charm that Grant, a more substantial actor, didn't, and the dynamic between Hudson and Randall is a lot more playful than the one between Grant and Young, and of course when it came to playing neurotic closetcases no one can even hold a candle to Tony Randall. I mean really, if they had ever had an Academy Award for "Best Portrayal of a Neurotic Closetcase" they would have awarded it once, in 1961 for _Lover Come Back_ and then retired it forever.
Doris Day is of course virginal, amazing that someone with so little talent was able to make such a career out of the supposed possession of a hymen. You might dispute as to whether or not virginity is a good thing but regardless of your opinion you have to admire Day for making so much out of hers.