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6.9/10   1,210 votes
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Director:
Rouben Mamoulian
Writers:
Melchior Lengyel (book)
George S. Kaufman (play) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
18 July 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
BIG BOUNCY BEAUTIFUL! (original print ad - all caps)
Plot:
A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Dancer, Actress Cyd Charisse Dead At 86
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 18 June 2008, 10:35 AM, PDT)

Cyd Charisse Dead At 86
 (From WENN. 17 June 2008, 6:48 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
The usually adept Astaire and Gorgeous Cyd Charisse more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Fred Astaire ... Steve Canfield

Cyd Charisse ... Ninotchka Yoschenko
Janis Paige ... Peggy Dayton

Peter Lorre ... Brankov, Commisar
George Tobias ... Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art
Jules Munshin ... Bibinski, Commisar
Joseph Buloff ... Ivanov, Commisar
Wim Sonneveld ... Peter Ilyitch Boroff
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Additional Details

Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
After this film, Fred Astaire effectively retired from musicals, preferring to concentrate on non-musical roles, though he would produce several musical specials for TV in the next few years. Astaire wouldn't make another musical until 1968. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the first commissar of art gets sacked, there's a yellow lamp hanging over his desk (he actually walks behind it) and then when Markovitch answers his phone, the lamp magically disappears and is replaced by Vera. more
Quotes:
Steve Canfield: So you may have to persuade him
Peggy Dainton: How can I persuade him if you can't?
Steve Canfield: Because...
[looking at her figure]
Steve Canfield: We're built differently.
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Movie Connections:
References Neptune's Daughter (1949) more
Soundtrack:
It's a Chemical Reaction that's all more

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17 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
The usually adept Astaire and Gorgeous Cyd Charisse, 30 January 2002
9/10
Author: JANA-7 from Temple, New Hampshire

As a senior I'll make a couple of stock comments; "They don't make em like this anymore and " Pop culture of the 50's in the USA was artful and demanded talent. Beautiful and sensuous Cyd Charisse and "All Pro" musical dancer Fred Astaire team up wonderfully to update and old story put to music. The settings are lush and the dancing is suberp. Peter Lorre and Janis Paige add the right touch of humor and talent. Although much of the "Cold War" lingo seemed corny, if you were an adult at the time this movie was made, you'll find it hillarious but so true. All said and done, it is a pleasureable treat!

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