Directed by:
Walter LangCinematography:
Leon ShamroyComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders, Billy De Wolfe, Walter Slezak, Steven Geray, Ludwig Stössel, Lilia Skala, Charles Dingle (more)Plots(1)
Loosely based on the life of socialite/ambassador Perle Mesta, this lively film version of the Lindsay/Crouse musical features Ethel Merman reprising her Broadway role as Washington hostess Sally Adams, who becomes the outspoken ambassador to the postage-stamp European country of Lichtenburg. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Ethel Merman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/441/164441540_d11be6.jpg)
Ethel Merman
USA
Best movies:
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Airplane! (1980)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Donald O'Connor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/441/164441535_55976b.jpg)
Donald O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Ragtime (1981)
Beau Geste (1939)
![Vera-Ellen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507429_14f7c9.jpg)
Vera-Ellen
USA
Best movies:
Three Little Words (1950)
On the Town (1949)
Love Happy (1949)
![George Sanders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/848/162848201_7fbf7b.png)
George Sanders
Russian Empire
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Love Is News (1937)
Rebecca (1940)
![Billy De Wolfe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436959_c71c71.jpg)
Billy De Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Blue Skies (1946)
Tea for Two (1950)
![Walter Slezak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871885_581c5a.jpg)
Walter Slezak
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Chained: The Story of the Third Sex (1924)
Born to Kill (1947)
Lifeboat (1944)
![Steven Geray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/479/159479311_1bc3a1.jpg)
Steven Geray
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Gilda (1946)
![Ludwig Stössel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893461_bc82ba.jpg)
Ludwig Stössel
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Casablanca (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Lilia Skala](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319056_bcd1e3.jpg)
Lilia Skala
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Charly (1968)
![Charles Dingle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/935/160935761_94e94b.jpg)
Charles Dingle
USA
Best movies:
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
![Emory Parnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000040_e29276.jpg)
Emory Parnell
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Sabrina (1954)
![Percy Helton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/506/161506946_6bee45.jpg)
Percy Helton
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
![Gene Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619247_6286a2.jpg)
Gene Roth
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Brute Force (1947)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Fritz Feld](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/506/161506945_395633.jpg)
Fritz Feld
German Empire
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
![Barrie Chase](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/161/159161557_2e7fff.gif)
Barrie Chase
USA
Best movies:
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Cape Fear (1962)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Bert Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256255_85bf54.jpg)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Dale Van Sickel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256253_2fbf62.jpg)
Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)