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.
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)
Donna Douglas
Party Guest (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
Barney Lampwick (uncredited)
Len Lesser
Charlie Bessemer (uncredited)
Barbara Hines
Party Guest (uncredited)
Marina Koshetz
Mme Grimaldi (uncredited)
Hal Linden
Singer (uncredited)
Titus Moede
Beatnik (uncredited)
Nina Roman
Actress (uncredited)
Maida Severn
(uncredited)
Olan Soule
Nervous Man (uncredited)
Doris Wiss
Actress (uncredited)
Elizabeth Montgomery
Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
Jean Moorhead
Party Guest (uncredited)
Doria Avila
Carl (Uncredited)
Crew
Vincente Minnelli
Director
Adolph Green
Screenplay, Lyricist, Theatre Play
Betty Comden
Screenplay, Lyricist, Theatre Play
Adrienne Fazan
Editor
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
William McGarry
Assistant Director
Arthur Freed
Producer
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Lee LeBlanc
Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Jule Styne
Original Music Composer
Henry Grace
Set Decoration
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration
Charles O'Curran
Choreographer
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
André Previn
Conductor
George W. Davis
Art Direction
E. Preston Ames
Art Direction
Alexander Courage
Orchestrator
Pete King
Orchestrator
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