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5.2/10   153 votes
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Writers:
Anita Loos (novel)
Mary Loos (writer)
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Release Date:
29 October 1955 (USA) more
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See 'em sizzle in the big, buxom, beautiful musical!
Plot:
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous. | add synopsis
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"You're Driving Me Crazy!" more (8 total)

Cast

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Jane Russell ... Bonnie Jones / Mimi Jones
Jeanne Crain ... Connie Jones / Mitzi Jones
Alan Young ... Charlie Biddle / Mrs. Biddle / Mr. Henry Biddle
Scott Brady ... David Action
Rudy Vallee ... Himself
Guy Middleton ... Earl of Wickenware

Eric Pohlmann ... M. Ballard
Robert Favart ... Hotel Manager
Guido Lorraine ... M. Marcel
Ferdy Mayne ... M. Dufond
Boyd Cabeen ... Pilot
Howard Tracy ... Chauffeur (as Edward Tracy)
Leonard Sachs ... M. Dufy
Gini Young ... Blonde
Carmen Nesbitt ... Blonde
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Runtime:
99 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.55 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Broadway star Gwen Verdon had one number as a hotel maid, but her sexy moves were deemed obscene. She was cut, although her name appears in some cast lists, and her scene re-shot with a non-musical performer. more
Quotes:
Connie Jones: Dreams? I'm having nightmares in CinemaScope! more
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I Wanna Be Loved by You more

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3 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
"You're Driving Me Crazy!", 7 March 2000
Author: Tirelli from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

That's the tune you'll be singing after the movie's over... and not because of it's catchy chords and great lyrics, I assure you...

This is the kind of movie that drives anyone to the brink of insanity... for it tries to cover all genres, and it flops in each and every one of them - it's not a good musical... the orchestrations are awkward, far from easy listening, and can manage to ruin even the most enchanting songs ever composed - 'My Funny Valentine', for instance, and 'Ain't Misbehaving', executed on a hilariously ludicrous 'cannibal african tribe' setting (!).

A good comedy...? No, I don't think so... the amusing lines uttered by Jeanne Crain can't solely carry a feature film... by the by, can anyone believe that those legs actually belong to darling youth, 'Margie'...? :)

A good romantic flick? Again, I doubt it... the romantic interludes are ridiculous, featuring Jane "The Girl That Can't Say No" Russell and Scott Brady, and Jeanne "Tough Gal" Crain and Alan "Filthy Rich Hiding Behind A Social Outcast Mask" Young...

A good drama? Only if your notion of drama is reduced to Scott Brady's supreme could shoulders aimed towards Jane Russell... :)

Well... all things considered, this is a plodding, mindless affair that has it's good moments, but is not to be compared to the classic 'Gentleman Prefer Blondes' in any way.

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