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Bells Are Ringing

Bells Are Ringing
★ 6.5/10•1960•2h 6m•NR•Comedy•Romance

The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!

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.

Adolph Green · Screenplay

Betty Comden · Screenplay

Vincente Minnelli · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 6m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 23, 1960

Actors

Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday

Ella Peterson

Dean Martin

Dean Martin

Jeffrey Moss

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Larry Hastings

Eddie Foy Jr.

Eddie Foy Jr.

J. Otto Prantz

Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton

Sue

Ruth Storey

Gwynne

Dort Clark

Dort Clark

Inspector Barnes

Frank Gorshin

Frank Gorshin

Blake Barton

Ralph Roberts

Francis

Valerie Allen

Valerie Allen

Olga

Bernie West

Joe Kitchell

Steve Peck

Gangster (uncredited)

Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan

Ella's Blind Date

Jimmy Ames

Bernie

Lela Bliss

Lela Bliss

Party Guest (uncredited)

Donna Douglas

Donna Douglas

Party Guest (uncredited)

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