Film

Bells Are Ringing

1960 · 2h 6m · Comedy · Romance

The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

82%

Metacritic

61

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

Judy Holliday

Ella Peterson

Dean Martin

Jeffrey Moss

Fred Clark

Larry Hastings

Eddie Foy Jr.

J. Otto Prantz

Jean Stapleton

Sue

Ruth Storey

Gwynne

Dort Clark

Inspector Barnes

Frank Gorshin

Blake Barton

Ralph Roberts

Francis

Valerie Allen

Olga

Bernie West

Joe Kitchell

Steve Peck

Gangster (uncredited)

Gerry Mulligan

Ella's Blind Date

Jimmy Ames

Bernie

Lela Bliss

Party Guest (uncredited)

Donna Douglas

Party Guest (uncredited)

• Vincente MinnelliDirector
• Adolph GreenScreenplay
• Betty ComdenScreenplay
• Arthur FreedProducer
• Milton KrasnerDirector of Photography
• Jule StyneOriginal Music Composer
• Adrienne FazanEditor

Bells are Ringing - TrailerBells Are Ringing (1960) Original Trailer [FHD]

Release date

June 23, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 6m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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