A Ticklish Affair, also known as Moon Walk, is a 1963 film directed by George Sidney and starring Shirley Jones, Gig Young and Red Buttons.

As appearing in A Ticklish Affair, (main roles and screen credits identified):[2] Originally titled Moon Walk, the production was intended to be a vehicle for Jean Simmons.

After an Academy-award winning performance in Elmer Gantry (1960), she was hoping to concentrate on serious roles, but instead Jones was assigned to comedies such as The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963).

Reviewer Colin Bennett of The Age called it, "the kind of glossy, sentimental family comedy which is made with the entire cooperation of the United States Navy.

The piece-de-resistance of this shatteringly wholesome affair is the rescue by the said navy of one small boy floating out to sea dangling from a cluster of balloons.

"[5] Film historian Eric Monder was especially critical of Shirley Jones' performance, characterizing it as "simply dull.