Bells Are Ringing

Bells Are Ringing

126 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | June 23, 1960

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.

Bells Are Ringing

126 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | June 23, 1960

Bells Are Ringing
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Bells Are Ringing
Directors William McGarry, Vincente Minnelli
Writers Betty Comden, Adolph Green

Cast

Judy Holliday

as Ella Peterson

Dean Martin

as Jeffrey Moss

Fred Clark

as Larry Hastings

Eddie Foy Jr.

as J. Otto Prantz

Ruth Storey

as Gwynne

Dort Clark

as Inspector Barnes

Bernie West

as Dr.Joe Kitchell

Frank Gorshin

as Blake Barton

Jimmy Ames

as Bernie

Ralph Roberts

as Francis

Valerie Allen

as Olga

Gerry Mulligan

as Ella's bind date

Lela Bliss

as Party guest

Donna Douglas

as Party guest

Oliver Blake

as Ludwig Smiley

Herb Vigran

as Barney Lampwick

Len Lesser

as Charlie Bessemer

Steve Peck

as Gangster

Barbara Hines

as Party guest

Marina Koshetz

as Mme Grimaldi

Hal Linden

as Singer

Titus Moede

as Beatnick

Nina Roman

as Actress

Olan Soule

as Nervous man

Doris Wiss

as Actress

Elizabeth Montgomery

as Girl reading book

Jean Moorhead

as Party Guest (uncredited)