Bells Are Ringing
“The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!”
1960•NR•2h 6m•6.5•Released
ComedyRomance
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.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Writer
Adolph Green, Betty Comden
Languages
French, English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Judy Holliday
Ella Peterson
Dean Martin
Jeffrey Moss
Fred Clark
Larry Hastings
Eddie Foy Jr.
J. Otto Prantz
Jean Stapleton
Sue
Ruth Storey
Gwynne
Dort Clark
Inspector Barnes
Frank Gorshin
Blake Barton
Ralph Roberts
Francis
Valerie Allen
Olga
Bernie West
Joe Kitchell
Steve Peck
Gangster (uncredited)
Gerry Mulligan
Ella's Blind Date
Jimmy Ames
Bernie
Lela Bliss
Party Guest (uncredited)
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Arthur Freed
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