Bells Are Ringing

Overview

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.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Top cast

Judy Holliday

Ella Peterson

Dean Martin

Jeffrey Moss

Fred Clark

Larry Hastings

Eddie Foy Jr.

J. Otto Prantz

Jean Stapleton

Sue

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Ruth Storey

Gwynne

Dort Clark

Inspector Barnes

Frank Gorshin

Blake Barton

R

Ralph Roberts

Francis

Valerie Allen

Olga

B

Bernie West

Joe Kitchell

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Steve Peck

Gangster (uncredited)

Gerry Mulligan

Ella's Blind Date

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Jimmy Ames

Bernie

Lela Bliss

Party Guest (uncredited)

Donna Douglas

Party Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)

Herb Vigran

Barney Lampwick (uncredited)

Len Lesser

Charlie Bessemer (uncredited)

Barbara Hines

Party Guest (uncredited)

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