With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!
Cast
Marilyn Monroe
The Girl
Tom Ewell
Richard Sherman
Evelyn Keyes
Helen Sherman
Sonny Tufts
Tom MacKenzie
Robert Strauss
M. Kruhulik
Oskar Homolka
Dr. Brubaker
Marguerite Chapman
Miss Morris
Victor Moore
Plumber
Donald MacBride
M. Brady
Carolyn Jones
Miss Finch
Dolores Rosedale
Elaine
Kathleen Freeman
Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Doro Merande
Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Indian (uncredited)
Tom Nolan
Ricky Sherman (uncredited)
Ralph Littlefield
Man at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Dorothy Ford
Indian Girl / Tall Beauty at Train Station (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Steven Benson
Kid at Train Station (uncredited)
Crew
Billy Wilder
Director, Screenplay, Producer
George Axelrod
Screenplay
Hugh S. Fowler
Editor
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Joseph E. Rickards
Assistant Director
Charles K. Feldman
Producer
Doane Harrison
Associate Producer
Travilla
Costume Design
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Ray Kellogg
Special Effects
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Jule Styne
Songs
Sammy Cahn
Lyricist
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Saul Bass
Title Designer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
George W. Davis
Art Direction
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
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