It's a living breathing doll of a musical!
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
- 6.5
- 1955
- Released
- 2h 29m
Marlon Brando
Sky Masterson
Jean Simmons
Sarah Brown
Frank Sinatra
Nathan Detroit
Vivian Blaine
Miss Adelaide
Robert Keith
Lt. Brannigan
Stubby Kaye
Nicely-Nicely Johnson
B.S. Pully
Big Jule
Johnny Silver
Benny Southstreet
Sheldon Leonard
Harry the Horse
Danny Dayton
Rusty Charlie
George E. Stone
Society Max
Regis Toomey
Arvide Abernathy
Kathryn Givney
General Cartwright
Veda Ann Borg
Laverne
Mary Alan Hokanson
AgathaJoe McTurk
Angie the OxKay E. Kuter
CalvinStapleton Kent
Mission Member
Renee Renor
Cuban SingerVirginia Aldridge
Dancer (uncredited)George Boyce
Barber (uncredited)Barbara Brent
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)Jimmy Brooks
Dancer (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Waiter (uncredited)Beth Carter
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)Gordon Carveth
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Gangster (uncredited)Fred Curt
Dancer (uncredited)Russell Custer
Police Officer (uncredited)Jann Darlyn
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)Madelyn Darrow
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Tough (uncredited)Larry Duran
Dancer (uncredited)
Billy Engle
Vendor (uncredited)Joe Evans
Barber (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Tourist with Camera (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)Charles Fogel
Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)Rubén de Fuentes
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Tony Galento
Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)Rudy Germane
Police Officer (uncredited)Ricky Gonzales
Dancer (uncredited)Joe Gray
Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)Robert Haines
Waiter (uncredited)Stuart Hall
Customer at Mindy's (uncredited)Betty Jean Hansen
Dancer (uncredited)Sam Harris
Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Pitchman (uncredited)John Indrisano
Liverlips Louie (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Barber (uncredited)Maurice Marks
Tall Gambler (uncredited)Thomas Martin
Waiter (uncredited)
Matt Mattox
Dancer (uncredited)Bert May
Dancer (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Customer at Mindy's (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Bartender (uncredited)Matt Murphy
The Champ (uncredited)
Jerry Orbach
Barbershop Patron (uncredited)Troy Patterson
Man (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Gambler (uncredited)Foster H. Phinney
Card Player at Barbershop (uncredited)Joe Ploski
Barber (uncredited)Frank Radcliffe
Card Player at Barbershop (uncredited)Paul Rees
Dancer (uncredited)
Frank Richards
Man with Packages (uncredited)Julian Rivero
Cuban Waiter (uncredited)Edwin Rochelle
Gangster at Mission (uncredited)Tony Rosa
Man With a Poodle (uncredited)John Roy
Police Officer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Diner at Mindy's (uncredited)Bernard Sell
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Pat Sheehan
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)Leslie Sketchley
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)Buddy Spencer
Dancer (uncredited)Norman Stevans
Customer at Mindy's (uncredited)Brick Sullivan
Truck Driver on Street (uncredited)
Larri Thomas
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Drunk (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Max (Waiter at Mindy's) (uncredited)
Sandra Warner
Twin Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)Sonia Warner
Twin Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Barbershop Patron (uncredited)Rodney Bieber
Dancer
Released
en
$5,500,000.00
$6,874,673.00
- #bet
- #new york city
- #gambling
- #missionary
- #musical
- #based on play or musical
- #based on short story
- #barbershop
- #craps
- #fake blindness
- #fiancé fiancée relationship
- #carnation
- #havana, cuba
- #nightclub singer
- #christian woman
- #christian missionary
Reviews
Despite the reported controversy over who played whom in this enjoyable adaption of Damon Runyon's short stories, I reckon they got the choice right. Frank Sinatra is "Nathan Detroit" host of a legendary weekly crap game in New York. Only this week, with some big out-of-town hitters including legend "Sky Masterson" (Marlon Brando) in town - he can't find a venue, unless he can find $1,000. Catch 2
I think I used to like musicals more than I do now, or else I am more particular about them. I wasn’t over impressed with this classic. The acting was credible and the plot jumped along nicely. It oh, the music. When they jump into song, you are not supposed to wish they were still speaking, are you? And it wasn’t even the quality of the singing; I don’t have all that a discerning ear for music.
I've always been a bad guy, and a bad gambler. From now on, I would like to be a good guy, and a good gambler. I thank you. Guys and Dolls is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and collectively adapted to screen from the play by Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows and Damon Runyon. It stars Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye, Sheldon Leonard, B.