Movie
There's No Business Like Show Business
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1954-12-16
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ethel Merman as Molly Donahue
- Marilyn Monroe as Vicky
- Mitzi Gaynor as Katy Donahue
- Dan Dailey as Terence Donahue
- Donald O'Connor as Tim Donahue
- Johnnie Ray as Steve Donahue
- Richard Eastham as Lew Harris
- Hugh O'Brian as Charles Gibbs
- Frank McHugh as Eddie Dugan
- Rhys Williams as Father Dineen
- Lee Patrick as Marge
- Eve Miller as Helen
Crew
- Walter Lang - Director
- Phoebe Ephron - Screenplay
- Henry Ephron - Screenplay
- Lamar Trotti - Story
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