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Although Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) is in love with the treasure-hunting Ballarino, her father, Texas cattleman A.A. Andrews (Charles Bickford), will stop at nothing - including kidnapping -- to see that the wedding never takes place. Escaping her father's grasp, Ellie takes to the road where her flight to avoid a nationwide manhunt attracts the attention of Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon), a newspaper reporter who recognizes that he's stumbled into the story of the year. Despite the oil-and-water chemistry between them, Peter and Ellie fall in love. And after seeing that it's the reporter who she really wants, Andrews encourages Ellie to abandon her plans to marry Ballarino and run away with Peter instead.
Original Release
10/31/1956
US Release
10/31/1956
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Cast
Name | Character |
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June Allyson | Ellie / Ellen 'Ellie' Andrews |
Jack Lemmon | Peter / Peter Warne |
Charles Bickford | A.A. Andrews |
Paul Gilbert | George Shapely |
Jim Backus | Danker |
Stubby Kaye | Fred Toten |
Henny Youngman | |
Allyn Joslyn | Joe Gordon, Editor |
Jacques Scott | Jacques 'Jack' Ballarino |
Walter Baldwin | 1st Proprietor |
Directors
Writers
Samuel Hopkins Adams, Claude Binyon, Robert Riskin
Cast
Name | Character |
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June Allyson | Ellie / Ellen 'Ellie' Andrews |
Jack Lemmon | Peter / Peter Warne |
Charles Bickford | A.A. Andrews |
Paul Gilbert | George Shapely |
Jim Backus | Danker |
Stubby Kaye | Fred Toten |
Henny Youngman | |
Allyn Joslyn | Joe Gordon, Editor |
Jacques Scott | Jacques 'Jack' Ballarino |
Walter Baldwin | 1st Proprietor |
The Four Aces | Vocal Quartette |
Byron Foulger | Billings, Andrews' Secretary |
Richard H. Cutting | First Hotel Proprietor |
Louise Beavers | Maid |
Raymond Greenleaf | Minister |
Howard McNear | Vernon, Second proprietor |
Elvia Allman | Ma, Vernon's Wife |
Edwin Chandler | TV Announcer |
Jack Albertson | Third Proprietor |
Queenie Smith | Elderly Lady |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dick Powell | Producer |
Richard Sokolove | Producer |