When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Acting
Monroe's underrated deadpan delivery steals every scene.
Costume
Those gowns! Pure 1960s haute couture fantasy.
Cinematography
Cukor frames Monroe like she's made of golden hour.
Director
George Cukor
Marilyn Monroe
Amanda Dell
Yves Montand
Jean-Marc Clement / Alexander Dumas
Tony Randall
Alexander Coffman
Frankie Vaughan
Tony Danton
Wilfrid Hyde-White
George Welch
David Burns
Oliver Burton
Joe Besser
Charlie Lamont
Milton Berle
Milton Berle (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Joan Banks
Secretary (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yves Montand couldn't sing or dance—his numbers were dubbed and his moves coached extensively, which Monroe found endlessly amusing on set.
This was Monroe's second-to-last completed film; her deteriorating marriage to Arthur Miller and studio battles made this production famously tense behind the candy-colored facade.
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