Movie
Kiss Me Kate
Overview
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
Details
- Release date
- 1953-11-26
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Music, Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kathryn Grayson as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
- Howard Keel as Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
- Ann Miller as Lois Lane, "Bianca"
- Keenan Wynn as Lippy
- Bobby Van as "Gremio"
- Tommy Rall as Bill Calhoun, "Lucentio"
- James Whitmore as Slug
- Kurt Kasznar as "Baptista"
- Bob Fosse as "Hortensio"
- Ron Randell as Cole Porter
- Willard Parker as Tex Callaway
- Dave O'Brien as Ralph
Crew
- George Sidney - Director
- Dorothy Kingsley - Screenplay
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