The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

99 mins | Comedy, Music | Dec. 1, 1956

A down-and-out gangster hires an alcoholic press agent to make his blonde bombshell girlfriend a recording star in 6 weeks. But what is he going to do when he finds out that she has no talent? And what is going to happen when the two fall in love?

The Girl Can't Help It

99 mins | Comedy, Music | Dec. 1, 1956

The Girl Can't Help It
A down-and-out gangster hires an alcoholic press agent to make his blonde bombshell girlfriend a recording star in 6 weeks. But what is he going to do when he finds out that she has no talent? And what is going to happen when the two fall in love?
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Girl Can't Help It
Directors Frank Tashlin, Ad Schaumer
Writers Herbert Baker, Garson Kanin, Frank Tashlin

Cast

Jayne Mansfield

as Jerri Jordan

Tom Ewell

as Tom Miller

Edmond O'Brien

as Marty 'Fats' Murdock

Julie London

as Herself

Ray Anthony

as Himself

Barry Gordon

as Barry the Paperboy

Henry Jones

as Mousie

John Emery

as Wheeler

Juanita Moore

as Hilda

Fats Domino

as Himself

Abbey Lincoln

as Herself

Johnny Olenn

as Himself

Nino Tempo

as Himself

Eddie Cochran

as Himself

Eddie Fontaine

as Himself

Little Richard

as Himself (uncredited)

Herb Reed

as The Platters

Paul Robi

as The Platters

Phil Silvers

as Milkman