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Writers:
Arthur Sheekman (writer) and
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Release Date:
25 August 1961 (USA) more
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Tagline:
What was the truth about Ada?
Plot:
Bo Gillis is running for Governor. Steve writes the speeches, Sylvester runs the campaign and Bo plays the guitar... more | add synopsis
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A folksy sheriff wins a Southern governorship with the help of a classy call girl who becomes his wife. more (10 total)

Cast

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Susan Hayward ... Ada Gillis

Dean Martin ... Bo Gillis
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Sylvester Marin
Ralph Meeker ... Colonel Yancey
Martin Balsam ... Steve Jackson
Frank Maxwell ... Ronnie Hallerton
Connie Sawyer ... Alice Sweet
Ford Rainey ... Speaker
Charles Watts ... Al Winslow
Larry Gates ... Joe Adams
Robert S. Simon ... Warren Hatfield
Bill Zuckert ... Harry Davers (as William Zuckert)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Soundtrack:
May the Lord Bless You Real Good more

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A folksy sheriff wins a Southern governorship with the help of a classy call girl who becomes his wife., 15 January 2006
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Author: halriedl from United States

This is an MGM potboiler with great colors and weak credibility. The picture was probably the best that repressed Hollywood could do at the time with the legend of Earl Long, once Governor of Louisiana, and the stripper Blaze Starr. (The story was filmed many years later, with Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich.) A singing, guitar-playing candidate for Governor in the Depression South is quite historical. The sly self-deprecation in Bo Gillis's stump speech at the beginning of the picture is well done. But once he hooks up with Susan Hayward, Dean Martin becomes a marshmallow. The role must have appealed tremendously to a tough broad like Hayward. She was a perfect choice for Barbara Graham in I Want to Live. I'd call the picture a failure with interesting features.

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