Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Cast
Ethel Merman
Molly Donahue
Marilyn Monroe
Vicky
Mitzi Gaynor
Katy Donahue
Dan Dailey
Terence Donahue
Donald O'Connor
Tim Donahue
Johnnie Ray
Steve Donahue
Richard Eastham
Lew Harris
Hugh O'Brian
Charles Gibbs
Frank McHugh
Eddie Dugan
Rhys Williams
Father Dineen
Lee Patrick
Marge
Eve Miller
Helen
Dorothy Abbott
Showgirl (uncredited)
Lyle Talbot
Stage Manager (uncredited)
George Chakiris
Dancer (uncredited)
John Doucette
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Alvy Moore
Katy's Date (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Tattooed Sailor (uncredited)
Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell (voice) (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Nurse (uncredited)
Robin Raymond
Lillian Sawyer (uncredited)
Crew
Walter Lang
Director
Phoebe Ephron
Screenplay
Henry Ephron
Screenplay
Lamar Trotti
Story
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Leonard Doss
Color Assistant
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
Miles White
Costume Design
Travilla
Costume Design
Sam Benson
Wardrobe Assistant
Helen Turpin
Hair Designer
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Murray Spivack
Sound
Ray Kellogg
Visual Effects
Irving Berlin
Original Music Composer, Music, Songs
Lionel Newman
Music Supervisor
Alfred Newman
Music Supervisor
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Robert Alton
Choreographer
Joan Bayley
Associate Choreographer
Gaston Glass
Production Manager
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
John DeCuir
Art Direction
Bernard Mayers
Orchestrator
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator
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