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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%, Metacritic 61/100. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic61/100
56 audience votes
Key crew
- Adolph GreenScreenplay
- Betty ComdenScreenplay
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
- Jule StyneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Judy HollidayElla Peterson
- Dean MartinJeffrey Moss
- Fred ClarkLarry Hastings
- Eddie Foy Jr.J. Otto Prantz
- Jean StapletonSue
- Ruth StoreyGwynne
- Dort ClarkInspector Barnes
- Frank GorshinBlake Barton
- Ralph RobertsFrancis
- Valerie AllenOlga
- Bernie WestJoe Kitchell
- Steve PeckGangster (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
musicalwriter's blockplaywrightanswering servicestage musicaltheater communitytelephone switchboard operator
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