Movie
Les Girls
Overview
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.
Details
- Release date
- 1957-10-03
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Music, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sol C. Siegel Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gene Kelly as Barry Nichols
- Mitzi Gaynor as Joanne Henderson
- Kay Kendall as Lady Sybil Wren
- Taina Elg as Angèle Ducros
- Jacques Bergerac as Pierre Ducros
- Leslie Phillips as Sir Gerald Wren
- Henry Daniell as Judge
- Patrick Macnee as Sir Percy
- Stephen Vercoe as Mr. Outward
- Philip Tonge as Associate Judge
- Nestor Paiva as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
- George Navarro as Waiter (uncredited)
Crew
- George Cukor - Director
- John Patrick - Writer
- Vera Caspary - Story
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