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Guys and Dolls
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Based on the Broadway show from the Damon Runyon short story and filled to the brim with Frank Loesser tunes such as "Luck Be a...
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Based on the Broadway show from the Damon Runyon short story and filled to the brim with Frank Loesser tunes such as "Luck Be a Lady" and "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat," this outrageously comic film featuring Marlon Brando's bold musical debut is a colorful tale about gamblers, a feisty Salvation Army lass, and a dance-hall girl with a pining heart. Veteran gambler Sky Masterson (Brando) takes a bet from Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra) that he can win the affection of a "soldier" (Jean Simmons) in the Salvation Army, setting himself up to lose both his money and his heart. Romance is the last thing the gambler and the missionary expect, and they fight against their attraction for all they're worth in glowing singing and dancing numbers. Love proves to be contagious as spicy dancer Miss Adelaide, in a role re-created for the screen from Broadway by showstopper Vivian Blaine, is determined to get her fianci, Nathan, to the altar one way or another. Stubby Kaye and B.S. Pully also reprise their stage ro...
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| Key Information | |
| Stars | Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando |
| Actors | B. S. Pully, George E. Stone, Jean Simmons, Robert Keith, Sheldon Leonard, Stubby Kaye, Vivian Blaine |
| Available Formats | DVD: Canadian; Decades Collection, DVD: Decades Collection, DVD: Deluxe Edition, DVD: Widescreen, VHS |
| Directors | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| UPC | 027616089434, 027616094384, 027616143112, 027616808837, 027616809322, 086162703935, 707729400332 |
| Genre | Musical & Performing Arts |
| Subgenre | Romances • Musicals |
| MPAA Rating | Not Rated |
| Release Date | 1955 |
| Running Time | 2hr 30min |
| Languages | |
| Original Language | English |
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| Credits | |
| Screenwriter | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Professional Reviews | |
| Professional Reviews | (04/28/2000, p.5E, Mike Clark): "...An imperishable score and the once-in-a-lifetime casting of Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra...", (05/01/2006, p.70, Widescreen Review Staff): "GUYS AND DOLLS is a true American musical classic.", (07/16/2004, p.29-30, Entertainment Weekly Staff): "Brando's Sky has a streak of old-fashioned, almost Cary-Grant-ish charm...", (08/01/2005, p.138, Andrew Sumner): "Dazzling....Show-stopping numbers and endlessly quotable lingo ensure the sheer entertainment power remains undimmed after 50 years." |
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