Movie
The Girl Can't Help It
Overview
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-12-22
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tom Ewell as Tom Miller
- Jayne Mansfield as Jerri Jordan
- Edmond O'Brien as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
- Henry Jones as Mousie
- Julie London as Herself
- Barry Gordon as Barry the Paperboy
- Ray Anthony as Himself
- John Emery as Wheeler
- Juanita Moore as Hilda
- Fats Domino as Himself
- Abbey Lincoln as Herself
- Johnny Olenn as Himself
Crew
- Frank Tashlin - Director
- Frank Tashlin - Screenplay
- Herbert Baker - Screenplay
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