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- Frank Loesser’s Guys and Dolls, in 1950, was a masterly achievement in the new tradition – music, story, characters, acting, and direction pouring out of the same crucible. Musical dramas with nobler themes have been less perfectly composed than this breezy legend of an underworld derived from some of Damon Runyan’s stories.
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Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. The picture was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay.
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Guys and Dolls: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine. In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
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- Comedy, Crime, Musical
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1955-12-23
- “Guys and Dolls” was released in 1955. This classic musical film, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, first hit theaters in 1955, captivating audiences with its delightful characters and catchy musical numbers.
- The movie is based on a popular Broadway musical. “Guys and Dolls” is adapted from the successful Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name, written by Frank Loesser and based on short stories by Damon Runyon.
- Frank Sinatra stars as Nathan Detroit. Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra takes on the role of Nathan Detroit, a charismatic gambler trying to organize a high-stakes craps game in New York City.
- Marlon Brando portrays Sky Masterson. Famed actor Marlon Brando showcases his versatility by playing Sky Masterson, a charming high-roller with a passion for gambling and a heart of gold.
Guys and Dolls was conceived by producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin as an adaptation of Damon Runyon's short stories. [6] These stories, written in the 1920s and 1930s, concerned gangsters, gamblers, and other characters of the New York underworld.
- Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling
- 1992
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- Production notes and credits
- Cast
- Academy Award nominations
Guys and Dolls, American musical film, released in 1955, that was adapted from the triumphant stage hit of the same name, which was based on writings by Damon Runyon.
The story follows the antic efforts of compulsive New York gambler Nathan Detroit (played by Frank Sinatra) to stage a high-profile but illegal craps game before the police can stop him—or his long-suffering girlfriend can catch him. In the meantime, his fellow criminal, the charismatic Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando), attempts to forge an unlikely romance with straight-laced mission worker Sarah Brown (Jean Simmons).
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•Studio: MGM
•Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
•Writer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
•Music: Frank Loesser
•Marlon Brando (Sky Masterson)
•Frank Sinatra (Nathan Detroit)
•Jean Simmons (Sarah Brown)
•Vivian Blaine (Miss Adelaide)
•Score
•Costume design
•Cinematography (colour)
•Art direction–set decoration (colour)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Gambler Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra) is under pressure from all sides: he has to organize an unlicensed craps game but the police, led by Lieutenant Brannigan (Robert Keith), are "putting on the heat". All the places where Nathan usually holds his games refuse him entry due to Brannigan's intimidating pressure.
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.S. Pully and Johnny Silver.
